A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of conscience or...

The Conscientious Objector is a 2004 documentary film directed by Terry Benedict about the life of Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who received...

World War I, conscientious objectors were permitted to serve in noncombatant military roles. About 2000 absolute conscientious objectors refused to cooperate...

who was killed in action during the Vietnam War and the second conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. Bennett received the medal after...

Hwang, claim that the culture of militarism is so pervasive that Conscientious Objectors are stripped of the rights discussed in the Constitution when universal...

Local Boards to be more harsh on conscientious objector claims. There are two types of status for conscientious objectors. If a person objects only to combat...

for deferments or exemptions, and assign draftees classified as conscientious objectors to alternative service work. All male U.S. citizens and immigrant...

The Conscientious Objector Support Group (COSG), a support group to conscientious objectors (COs) in South Africa, was formed in 1978. The organisation...

His life has been the subject of books, the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector, and the 2016 Oscar-winning film Hacksaw Ridge, in which he was...

Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector directed by Terry Benedict. Set in World War II, Andrew Garfield...

called conscientious objectors. Though these men had to either answer their conscription or face prison time, their status as conscientious objectors permitted...

December 1979 – 25 August 2012) was a United States Army soldier, conscientious objector, playwright, and divinity student. He volunteered for the army in...

days. The right to Conscientious Objection was legally recognised in 1920: An alternative community service for conscientious objectors was easily available...

avoidance are private and unpublicized. Examples include: Claiming conscientious objector status on the basis of sincerely held religious or ethical beliefs...

Union. York was drafted during World War I; he initially claimed conscientious objector status on the grounds that his religious denomination forbade violence...

countries, conscientious objectors have special legal status, which augments their conscription duties. For example, Sweden allows conscientious objectors to...

Academy Awards. Hacksaw Ridge is based on Benedict's documentary, The Conscientious Objector; a film about Medal of Honor winner Desmond Doss, who refused to...

particular. In late 1971 he was sentenced to one week in Adelaide Gaol as a conscientious non-complier with the National Service Act, and in February 1972 he...

named Antlion Soccer and Dear Esther, and a Doom 3 mod titled Conscientious Objector. The modding project was backed by the Arts and Humanities Research...

Department of War's Board of Inquiry, which evaluated the sincerity of conscientious objectors. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge appointed Stone as the Attorney...

Concurrently, he spent several years challenging his draft status as a conscientious objector. During the 1980s, Wilson attempted to launch a solo career, releasing...

alternative civilian work program for conscientious objectors in an attempt to reduce the numbers of objectors going to jail. That was never instituted...

him a star, secured him a contract with Universal—and made him a conscientious objector to World War II. He made a number of mostly forgotten B movies for...

National Guard for 14 months. An alternative civilian service for conscientious objectors is possible, lasting 19 months. In the Turkish-speaking area, military...

leader and World War I conscientious objector, James Maxton. His father, also named John Maxton, was also a conscientious objector in World War I, and the...

of conscientious objection is required by law, in the past there were several hurdles in place to discourage it. Until 1983 conscientious objectors had...

induction centre. White was the first Australian to be a public conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. Both this initial application for total exemption...

focusing on American World War II veteran Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. The film garnered praise from critics...

expected to do. An individual exercising this freedom may be called a conscientious objector. The right to freedom of conscience is recognized by several international...

The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) was a United States nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people avoid or resist military...