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War Resisters' International has been informed that Turkish conscientious objector ?nan Suver began a second hunger strike on 1 September 2010. At present, it is not known to WRI what prompted this hunger strike, and what are the demands.

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War Resisters' International has been informed today that Turkish conscientious objector ?nan Suver has been arrested today while trying to get an ID paper from the office of his municipality. During the check of his identity and came out that his address was listed as the address of a "deserter", and police was called to arrest him. He was first brought to the police station, and later this morning to Bakirkoy court, where his detention was ordered.

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War Resisters' International has been informed today by its Israeli affiliate New Profile about the repeated imprisonment of conscientious objector Shir Regev.

Shir Regev, 20, from the village of Tuval in the North of Israel, an anarchist and anti-Occupation activist, has began serving his third prison term (34 days) on 14 July 2010.

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On 30 June 2010, conscientious objector Armen Mirzoyan was sentenced to one year imprisonment for "refusal to perform military duties", Forum 18 News reported on 1 July. He was sentenced at Hadrut District Court in the south of Nagorno-Karabakh, an internationally unrecognised entity in the south Caucasus.
As a Baptist, Armen Mirzoyan is opposed to swearing the military oath, or to take up weapons, but he would be willing to serve in the army of Nagorno-Karabakh without taking up weapons.

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Diane KoganIsraeli woman conscientious objector Diane Kogan has been imprisoned for the second time on 14 June 2010, as reported by New Profile.

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