WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE UK - news journal UPDATE - (en) UK, AnarCom: CAMPAIGN OF SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINIAN CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS AND DESERTERS (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 We are not criminals. We are people. Men and women who refused to become

casualties of the war of two regimes. We refuse to be held hostage by
political contracts and military plans. The Ukrainian government is
currently preparing Law No. 13673, which criminalises everyone who has
escaped the mobilisation. Anyone who refuses to return to the trenches
faces a risk of imprisonment, deportation, and a forceful conscription
into the army. ---- This law entails:  ---- * mass criminalisation of
deserters and conscientious objectors,

* automatic placement into registers,

* collaboration of secret services and courts,

* threat of extradition back to Ukraine.

* This is not a defence of freedom - it is its end.

Ukrainian deserters and conscientious objectors of military service need
our solidarity. Their struggle is also our fight for:

* a right to live,

* a right to not be sent to a battlefront,

* a right to refuse the state and its war.

Therefore, we urge you:

* Let's flood Ukrainian embassies and consulates with protest letters,
petitions, emails, phone calls, and faxes. (See the sample of protest
letter at the bottom of the article)

* Sign an online petition (the link will be posted here:
https://www.petice.com/...ku)

* Let's organise public solidarity events in front of Ukrainian
embassies and during the visits of Ukrainian politicians in your country.

* Download the posters and flyers and hand them out to your Ukrainian
colleagues and neighbours - let them know that they should not return to
Ukraine and that we approve of their decision not to fight. (The PDF
poster is available to download at the bottom of the article, or you can
get it by contacting us)

* Express your support to Ukrainian men and their families who have left
their country so that they would avoid mobilisation and recruitment into
war (In Czechia, the estimate is about 150 000 men, in Slovakia it is
about 50 000. In the entire EU it concerns approximately 750-800 000
people!)

* Translate the appeal into other languages and organise a similar
campaign in your country. Keep us informed!

* Let's stand on the side of those who say NO to militarism and war.

Each day of silence is a step further to deserters being deprived of
their future. But together we can be the voice that cannot be silenced.

Glory to the deserters! Glory to conscientious objectors!

No to war - never, nowhere.

Anti-militarist journal DEZERTÉR

contact: dezerter@riseup.net

LETTER OF PROTEST SAMPLE
Send a letter and/or email to Ukrainian embassies and consulates in your
country. Use both options to increase the pressure.

Subject: A protest against criminalisation of Ukrainian conscientious
objectors and deserters

Dear Ambassador,

We are addressing you on behalf of the citizens of[your country]who
disapprove of the war and who stand on the side of human dignity. It is
with great concern that we observe the Ukrainian government preparing
and promoting repressive measures in the form of Law No. 13673, directed
against those who refused to be drawn into war. The draft of such laws
criminalising conscientious objectors of military service and deserters
is an attack on basic human rights.

We reject the idea of sacrificing human lives in an endless war
conflict. The people who decided to leave Ukraine in order not to kill
or die are not criminals. They are the people who had the courage to say
NO to the war.

We ask you to convey our concerns and dissent to the Government of
Ukraine and the Ukrainian Parliament, with a demand for:

1. An immediate halt to the preparation of the laws that threaten
conscientious objectors and deserters, specifically Law No. 13673.

2. Respecting the right to refuse military service as guaranteed by the
International human rights treaties.

3. Ensuring the protection of those who refused the war - whether in
Ukraine or abroad.

We perceive the solidarity with Ukraine as solidarity with its ordinary
working people who want to live in peace - not as a support of
militarism and repression.

Sincerely,

[Your signature]

Original article/post:
https://dezerter.noblogs.org/post/2025/10/02/campaign-of-solidarity-with-ukrainian-conscientious-objectors-and-deserters

https://anarcomuk.uk/2025/09/29/farce-followed-by-vicious-oppression-and-further-exploitation-or-class-wide-liberation/
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