HINZMAN
»
Canadian
Prime Minister's statement.
»
More
press coverage of his last hearing.
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Immigration authorities should respond by February
2005: what to do now?
IRAQ
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Pentagon admits that more than 5,500
servicemen have deserted in Iraq.
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Recruitment crisis in the UK
and in the US
(especially among Black people).
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Pablo Paredes, US Navy refusenik.
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Iraq
Vet Michael Hoffman speaks
SEXUAL VIOLENCE in the US Army
75-80% of alleged offenders are honorably discharged.
Read the facts.
VENEZUELA
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Military hospitals
broaden their service to all of the population
SPAIN
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A history of
conscientious objection.
'Merry
Christmas 1914
We not shoot, you not shoot.'
Starting on Christmas Eve and in
other places on Christmas Day, the Christmas truce of 1914 covered as much
as two-thirds of the British-German front, with thousands of
soldiers taking part. It grew out of no single initiative but sprang up in
each place spontaneously and independently.
Jeremy Hinzman
» Reports of his hearing to win asylum in Canada.
» Sergeant Jimmy Massey who testified: "It’s kind of hard to tell someone that they are being liberated when they just saw their child shot.”
» Refusals in Iraq
- 8
soldiers
sue
over policy
of extending
army duty
-
18
soldiers refused to go out on a transport convoy.
»
Italy: Inquiry on depleted uranium. Read here
» Neurotoxins and
depleted uranium responsible for sickness among veterans. A major
article on Gulf War Syndrome.
»
Jerry Hinzman Read Payday's
letter to the Immigration & Refugee Board. Write your own
letter, sign the petition here.
» Vanunu arrested again - The scientist jailed 18 years for
disclosing Israel's nuclear weapons was arrested again on 11 November -
the day Arafat died. Read here
what you can do to get him free.
» Military Families Against the War launched in the UK. Read here
and their website is here.
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Military families laid a
wreath outside the Prime Minister's house
Angelo de la Cruz - freed after Filipino troops were
withdrawn from Iraq. Story here.
» Gulf War Syndrome - Payday submission to the Public Inquiry in italiano.
» Filipino worker freed after community demands to bring the troops home. Read here.
"Gulf War Syndrome exists", says the Independent Inquiry on Gulf War Illnesses. "This recognition is long overdue", says Ben Martin from Payday, "but only begins to address the problems faced by veterans, their families and the civilian population who are also victims." Read more here
Families, friends and well-wishers have
flooded Black Watch's official website with messages
expressing their grief and anger at the deaths in Iraq of three soldiers
from the regiment.
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Write
to Camilo Mejia, US conscientious
objector jailed for refusing to serve in Iraq:
CAMILO:
Pt. Camilo Mejia, Building 1490
Randolph Rd. Fort Sill, Ok 73503 USA
MARITZA (CAMILO'S MOTHER):
Maritza Castillo, 201 178 Drive # 323
Miami, FL. 33160 USA
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Gina Izett talks about Gulf War
Syndrome
Alex's wife tell about the effects of the Syndrome on her relationship.
Read here.
»
This
GI Joe Won’t Go - Ex-soldier
resists backdoor draft into Iraq war. Read
here
Reservist Jim Denofa
A well attended event
As outrage continues about the horrendous loss of life in Iraq, a timely
“Refusing to Kill” workshop brought together refuseniks,
veterans and grassroots campaigners to the Crossroads Women’s Centre
(London, 30 October). The
well-attended event was hosted by Payday whose new video highlights the
long tradition of men and women refusing the military training that turns
people into killers, torturers and rapists.
Matan Kaminer and Adam Maor spent two years in jail for refusing to serve
in the Israeli army and the occupation. Now released from the army
altogether, following continuous campaigning from their parents and
international support, they were touring the UK to get support for others,
including Laura Milo, the first woman refusenik to be jailed.
A lively discussion heard from a Ugandan member of the All African Women’s Group who described the poverty which pushes so many to join up, and now faces deportation back to the horrors she escaped; a Polish man who refused military service and challenged the collusion between the army and the church; other contributions came from Afghanistan, Argentina, Chile, Italy, Palestine, the US and the UK. Participants endorsed a petition defending the right to protest in Parliament Square, and heard that a Church has just opened there, praying for peace worldwide.
From
left to right: Ben Martin (Payday), Matan Kaminer, Cristel (Crossroads
Women's Centre),
Adam Maor, Kay Cherry (Crossroads Women's Centre).
Gordon Gentle, a UK soldier, was killed in Iraq. His
mother and sister are campaigning for justice
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Demonstration
In Glasgow
Justice For Gordon Gentle
Bring the troops home for Christmas
Saturday, 30th October, 12 noon. Read here
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Rally in New York of members of the 343rd Quartermaster Company who refused
orders to go on a suicide mission. Read here
Israeli
refuseniks in London
Matan Kaminer and Adam Maor of "The Five"
recently freed, will attend a workshop in London on Saturday 30
October, 2 - 5 pm at the Crossroads Women's Centre. Along with other
speakers and video, we will count the victories of the international
refusal movement and discuss the challenges facing us.
UK soldier,
17, won't go to Iraq
He
is supported
by his mother and by ex-services men who issued an Open letter,
Read
here
Petition
demands British troops out
The family of Gordon Gentle, soldier from Glasgow killed in Iraq, launched a campaign.
Read here
Sept. 20, 2004 - The Convicted Five
have been officially released from the IDF based on their conscientious
objection to serving the Occupation. Adam and Matan, first and third from
the left.
United For Peace & Justice march, 29/08/2004 - Republican Convention,
NYC On
17 October, the Million
Worker March demands Bring the troops home!
Israel: The Five free
from the Army! A true international victory!
Read here
US:
Reserve soldiers do not report
About 30 percent
of the 3,664 Individual Ready Reserve soldiers called
to active duty failed to report for mobilization. Read here
US:
Support objector Camilo Mejia
- His
case for conscientious objection rejected. Read here.
- Camilo's statement to the
Courageous Resister Award,
here.
- Contact the Free
Camilo Committee
US objectors
take refuge in Canada
The Canadian
Labour Council has endorsed their campaign, as have many prominent
Canadians. Read here
Independent inquiry
into Gulf War illnesses
London, July - September 2004
Payday has selected excerpts from the Inquiry's
testimonies. Read what veterans, their partners, campaigners and health
professionals said.
Finally, some of the truth has been uncovered... but much more needs to be
revealed!
Send your contributions to payday@paydaynet.org
See also Payday's submission
and the Inquiry website
2. Depleted uranium
3. Symptoms and effects on veterans
4. The battle for benefits
5. Symptoms and effects on women and children
6. The medical profession
7. Lies, statistics and repression
Israeli conscientious objector Laura
Milo
The Five will be released from prison on September 15th. We still don't know if they are going to be released from the army then, or whether the army authorities are still planning to try and recruit them yet again. Read here
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Depleted uranium - a key cause of Gulf war syndrome
Since 1991, the
U.S. has staged four nuclear wars using depleted uranium, vast regions in
the Middle East and Central Asia have been permanently contaminated with
radiation (...) 8 out of 20 US soldiers who
served in one unit in Iraq now have malignancies. Read here