Fears of a US military draft are mounting amid the escalating war with Iran, but many Americans could avoid being forced to get involved in combat by becoming a conscientious objector ...

While Harrison Ford was fighting villains on-screen, he was fighting legal battles off-screen to keep himself off the ...

What is the role of conscience in medicine? Following the public debate last year over mandating insurance providers to cover contraception, some have argued that it is time to expunge the category of ...

A non-profit that assists conscientious objectors said its phone has been "ringing off the hook” with US service members who ...

When he was the mayor of Burlington, a congressman, and even after he became a U.S. Senator, this tidbit didn’t lead to any raised eyebrows: Bernie Sanders applied for conscientious objector status ...

Amnesty International on Friday condemned Thailand’s charges against activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, who is facing trial on September 9 for refusing military conscription ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rip Russell stars in the one-person drama "Coop," which will be staged at KHOI Community Radio's station on Sunday, Jan. 18. Ames ...

A court in Sivas has sentenced conscientious objector Çınar Koçgiri Doğan to five months in prison for refusing compulsory military service, making him the first conscientious objector in nearly a ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted a man who refused to serve in the military because of his religious beliefs, a ruling expected to affect the fate of more than ...

ON Dec. 6, as my fellow sailors and Marines boarded the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego, I decided that I could not join them. After years of serving in the Navy, I would not assent to participate ...

Lawyer Davut Erkan submitted an application to Turkey's Constitutional Court, saying that the conscientious objection has not been acknowledged albeit the constitution and EDHR. Davut Erkan, a member ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A 20-year-old Marine reservist seeking to be discharged as a conscientious objector has given himself a second way out -- he's told military leaders he's gay. "I believe that as a gay ...