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Old 09-02-2007, 03:34 PM
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USA: War objector’s freedom of conscience must be respected

Pending the trial on Monday 5 February of Ehren Watada over his refusal to participate in the Iraq war, Amnesty International stated that a guilty verdict would be a violation of internationally recognized rights to conscientious objection.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR510242007