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Another military exemption scandal unearthed at GATA
Oct 26, 2008 – The discovery of a network at the Gülhane Military Academy of Medicine (GATA) that has been issuing fake health documents to individuals trying to evade military conscription has shaken the... Read the rest Total Service Objectors Doubled During A Decade Oct 24, 2008 – During the 1990s, the number of total objectors was 15 - 20 a year. Since the start of this decade, their numbers have expanded to 40 - 76 annually. The... Read the rest Separatists launch conscription in Akhalgori, Perevi Oct 20, 2008 – The Ossetian separatists have voiced their new plans for the occupied districts of Akhalgori and the village of Perevi, Sachkhere district. These are the areas, which the Russian occupants have... Read the rest Iran cuts mandatory military service term Oct 14, 2008 – Iran has shortened the length of its mandatory military service by up to two months, the Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. "The military service has been cut by two... Read the rest Police Arrive in Force for Stop Prizyv (Stop Conscription) Demo Oct 14, 2008 – Dozens of policemen, commanded by high-ranking officers, dispersed a handful of protesters, arresting three activists on Sunday. The Stop Prizyv (Stop Conscription) movement, which includes members of the Republican Party... Read the rest Senior Armenian MP Opposed To Student Draft Oct 14, 2008 – Artur Aghabekian, a retired army general who chairs the Armenian parliament’s committee on defense and security, on Tuesday spoke out against government plans to abolish temporary exemptions from military service... Read the rest Forcible Conscription of Septuagenarians by LTTE Oct 13, 2008 – Sri Lanka Navy once again rescued yet another Tamil family who were fleeing from the barbarous clutches of LTTE close to Veththelekerni on October 11. The Media Centre for National... Read the rest Vers le service militaire obligatoire au Canada? Oct 12, 2008 – Dans cette campagne électorale, nous avons eu droit à toute une campagne de peur, de part et d’autre, et même un candidat du Bloc Québécois a émis l’hypothèse, qu’un gouvernement... Read the rest Armenian Military To Draft Students Oct 6, 2008 – The Armenian government intends to abolish temporary exemptions from military service that have long been enjoyed by university students, a senior lawmaker confirmed on Monday. Armenian law has until now... Read the rest 88 Korean Draftees Tested HIV Positive in Past 5 Years Oct 4, 2008 – A total of 88 new military recruits were tested positive for HIV testing at the boot camp in the last five years, according to a report submitted to Grand National... Read the rest Georgian President Dissatisfied with Reservists Command and Communication: Promises to review conscription system Oct 3, 2008 – On 2 August the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, mentioned the omissions made by Russian full-scale aggression against Georgia. “Of course, we have exposed the omissions fixed during this military... Read the rest Official Clamps Down on St. Petersburg Anti-Draft Event Oct 3, 2008 – The youth wing of the democratic party Yabloko said it will pursue legal action against a district administration official for stopping its members from displaying the party’s flags at a... Read the rest Militants force men to fight: Pakistani offensive targets 'center of gravity' for al Qaeda, others Oct 2, 2008 – Militants battling security forces in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan have forced families to give up sons to fight alongside Islamist extremists, a Pakistani military official said. New violence in... Read the rest Double Standards: Conscientious objection is despicable, unless, of course, you're from the ultra-orthodox community Oct 2, 2008 – Conscription in the Israeli defence forces (IDF) is a particularly sensitive topic in Israel; unsurprisingly, given that the majority of families will send at least one of their offspring to... Read the rest Fall Conscription Started in Armenia Oct 2, 2008 – Fall call-up to urgent military service started in Armenia. According to the RA President’s Press Office, on October 1 RA President signed an edict on holding fall call-up and demobilization.... Read the rest Korean Church Backs Freedom To Choose Military Service Oct 1, 2008 – South Korea's Catholic Church says it fully supports a proposal to offer an alternative service to the currently compulsory military service. In September 2007, South Korea's Ministry of National Defense... Read the rest Poland Poland ends army conscription Aug 5, 2008 – Following in the footsteps of France and Spain, both of which abandoned conscription earlier in the decade, Poland's defence minister, Bogdan Klich, said the country will move towards a professional... Read the rest Taipei’s plan to end conscription hits snag Aug 2, 2008 – Taiwan will scrap its compulsory military service in five years’ time, reducing its troops to 200,000 men as it seeks to create a lean and mean fighting force, media reports... Read the rest Russia to keep conscription until 2030 - draft military doctrine Aug 1, 2008 – Russia will maintain its military draft until 2030, while gradually increasing the number of contract personnel, a draft military doctrine says. The doctrine, called "The new face of the Russian... Read the rest Conscription leaves two foreign grooms with mental illness Jul 11, 2008 – Two foreign grooms have developed mental problems as a result of undergoing compulsory military service after becoming naturalized Taiwanese nationals, local media on Wednesday reported the Taichung Veterans’ General Hospital... Read the rest Germans Mull New Plan to Cut Conscription Jun 20, 2008 – Two students have re-opened a discussion on revamping Germany's mandatory military service by proposing a reduced term and other reforms that have been praised by the parliament's point person for... Read the rest Conscientious Objector Protests Conscription with Hunger Strike May 16, 2008 – A 21-year-old man has begun a hunger strike to protest his conscription into the army. The case throws the spotlight anew on Germany's conscription policy, which many view as unfair.... Read the rest Exit UK conscription, enter Beatles band May 6, 2008 – Legendary Beatles drummer Ringo Starr thinks the end of mandatory national service in Britain made it possible for the group to exist. Contactmusic.com reports that Starr claims the whole rock... Read the rest India not to adopt conscription in armed forces Apr 16, 2008 – The Government has scotched rumours of adopting conscription to overcome the shortage of officers in the armed forces. Defence Minister AK Antony told the Rajya Sabha today that as far... Read the rest Failing the Physical: Almost Half of German Conscripts Unfit for Duty Apr 8, 2008 – New figures from the German Defense Ministry show that around 42 percent of young German men are unfit to serve in the armed forces. But critics of conscription are claiming... Read the rest Russian Conscripts Face Only a Year in Spring Call-Up Apr 1, 2008 – As the military kicks off its spring call-up campaign Wednesday, conscripts can look forward to just one year of compulsory service, a reduction from the two years that have been... Read the rest The Case for Conscription Apr 1, 2008 – Many who supported the campaign for compulsory military service in Edwardian Britain saw it as a necessary measure against the threat of invasion and the shadow of German militarism. Others... Read the rest South African Anti-Conscription Activist Dies Mar 25, 2008 – Ivan Toms, a South African doctor who played a key role in the campaign to end conscription of young white men to bolster the racist apartheid security forces has died.... Read the rest How About a Different Kind of National Service? Mar 20, 2008 – THE lady said: "Bring back National Service, Mr Straw. That would sort them." I'd met her on Saturday last; she'd been listening to one of my open-air meetings. The "them"... Read the rest 10 South Koreans Caught Dodging Draft by Faking High Blood Pressure Mar 19, 2008 – Many youngsters rely on ingenious methods to dodge mandatory military services here. In this case they paid up to 2 million won each ($2,000) to a broker to learn how... Read the rest
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