Since Trump began his second term, his administration's use of the armed forces has left a growing number in the military unsettled, according to NPR interviews with service members and advocates.

As the war with Iran escalates and conflict explodes across the Middle East, fears of a potential US military draft are rising. On Monday, Donald Trump gave conflicting messages about the war's ...

On January 16, the German Federal Court of Justice ruled in a landmark decision that the extradition of a conscientious objector to the war in Ukraine is permissible. The question was whether the ...

President Trump’s order that National Guard should “dominate” the streets of Washington, D.C., during recent protests troubled at least a few of the men and women compelled to do the dominating. One D ...

Do you enjoy playing violent video games? Then you can’t avoid military service. That appears to be the message South Korea is sending conscientious objectors. Prosecutors said they were investigating ...

Conscientious Objection Platform will work for legislation recognizing the right to object to military service. Platform intends to campaign for rights of penalized conscientious objectors and ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Back in the 1960s and 1970s, compulsory military service - "the draft" - was much more in the forefront of public consciousness. Vietnam War protestors used tactics such as draft ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Dozens of South Korean conscientious objectors were released from jail on parole on Friday after a landmark court decision that conscience is a valid reason to refuse mandatory ...

The left has always had great admiration for the conscientious objector. I know something about that because I was a kid in the late 60s and early 70s when the Vietnam War was being fought. Some ...