What would you do if you were drafted to fight in a war? As a conscientious objector opposed to all wars, Wayne R. Ferren Jr. had to answer that question during the Vietnam War. Chapter 5: ...

As I was trying to discern what God wanted me to write about, I walked into my 16-year-old son's bedroom to discover a military calendar hanging on the wall. It highlighted young men and women in ...

MANY years ago (in the early nineties) I stood almost alone in England as an advocate of general military service. I advocated it because I knew that regular food and athletic life (the most vital ...

We were sad to learn today of the death of Joshua Casteel, a veteran of the Iraq War who sought early discharge as a conscientious objector. Pax Christi USA has posted reflections on Josh, which you ...

I recently described the success of a Presbyterian congregation in obtaining fair treatment for a conscientious objector. An E-R reader was “mad, angry, hurt and disgusted.” Conscientious objectors ...

IDF military prison number 6 lies in one of the most picturesque spots in Israel, at the bottom of the Carmel Mountain, between green fields and banana plantations. The prisoners can see the mountains ...

The ACLU was born out of World War I and the repression that resulted when the U.S. joined the fight. On the night of April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson made the trip from 1600 Pennsylvania ...

Erkan Ersoz and Ersan Ugur Gor, two conscientious objectors from Turkeys War Resisters Association, urge for the acquittal of arrested objector Mehmet Tarhan, whose request for release was denied ...