Forum 18: BELARUS: UN appeal for fined conscientious objector

In December 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee asked Belarus to respond in the case of 33-year-old Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector Dmitry Mozol. In February 2021, a court in Pinsk fined him four months' wages for refusing call-up to reservist military training on grounds of conscience. He failed to overturn the criminal punishment on appeal. The law allows only individuals who have completed alternative civilian service to be exempted from reservist military training. Alternative service was introduced only in 2016, after Mozol was initially called up. Jehovah's Witnesses fear that other young men could also face such prosecution.

Related Keywords

Mogilev ,Minskaya Voblasts ,Belarus ,Pinsk ,Brestskaya Voblasts ,Bartemy ,Vitsyebskaya Voblasts ,Grodno ,Hrodzyenskaya Voblasts ,Minsk ,Belarus General ,Poland ,Belarusian ,Vyacheslav Goncharenko ,Aleksei Borchuk ,Nina Shestak ,Aleksandr Shkirenko ,Vyacheslav Barok ,Yevhen Yakovenko ,Jew Ivan Mikhailov ,Christian Yelena Movshuk ,Mikita Yemialyianau ,Dmitry Mozol ,Dmitry Nikolayevich Mozol ,Dmitry Nikolayevich ,Viktor Kalina ,Dmitry Smyk ,Aleksandr Gerasimenko ,Felix Corley ,Andrei Chernousov ,Un Committee ,Life Pentecostal Church ,Conscription Office ,Prosecutor Office ,United Nations Human Rights Committee ,Facebook Forum ,Un Human Rights Committee ,Main Organisation ,European Court ,Mobilisation Office ,Investigative Committee ,Pinsk Military Conscription Office ,Armed Forces Major ,Mobilisation Office Of The Armed ,City Court ,Council Of The Republic ,Orthodox Church ,Regional Court ,Constitutional Court ,Young ,International Covenant On Civil ,News Service ,Brest Region Military Conscription Office ,Twitter Forum ,Conscription Office In Pinsk ,Brest Regional Court ,District Prosecutor Office ,Service Law ,Human Rights Committee ,Supreme Court ,Association Of Jehovah Witnesses ,Belarusian Orthodox Church ,Defence Ministry ,Witness Mozol ,Inter District Prosecutor ,Armed Forces Major General Aleksandr Shkirenko ,Major General Shkirenko ,Military Conscription ,Military Service Law ,Witness Dmitry Smyk ,Messianic Jew Ivan Mikhailov ,Alternative Service Law ,Witness Viktor ,Military Conscription Office ,Armed Force General Staff ,Pinsk District ,Rights Committee ,Human Rights ,Pinsk Military Conscription ,Pinsk Inter District ,Criminal Code Article ,Judge Olga Lubnik ,Religious Association ,Pinsk Inter District Prosecutor ,Judge Nina Shestak ,International Covenant ,Political Rights ,Orthodox Christian Yelena Movshuk ,New Life Pentecostal Church ,Archbishop Artemy ,Mighty God ,Freedom Of Religion ,Freedom Of Belief ,Orum 18 News Service ,Religious Freedom ,Religious Liberty ,Orum 18 ,F18news ,Reedom Of Religion Or Belief ,Reedom Of Religion And Belief ,Freedom Of Thought ,Freedom Of Conscience ,Onscience And Religion ,Reedom Of Conscience And Religion ,Conscience ,Eligion Or Belief ,Nd Religion Or Belief ,Reedom To Change ,Reedom To Adopt ,Reedom To Manifest ,Reedom From Coercion ,Freedom From Discrimination ,Conscientious Objection ,Ermissible Limitations ,Iscrimination On The Grounds Of Religion Or Belief ,Iscrimination On The Basis Of Religion Or Belief ,Romotion And Protection Of Freedom Religion Or Belief ,Discrimination ,Tolerance ,Non Discrimination ,Intolerance ,Hate Crime ,Quality ,Hostility ,Violence ,Torture ,Censorship ,Persecution ,Religion ,Religious ,Faith ,Relief ,Thought ,Ussia ,Elarus ,Uzbekistan ,Urkmenistan ,Kazakhstan ,Kyrgyzstan ,Tajikistan ,Zerbaijan ,Armenia ,Turkey ,Hina ,Eraldine Fagan ,Ushfig Bayram ,Ine Yildirim ,Lga Glace ,Tmar Oehring ,G Uuml Zide Ceyhan ,Agda Hornemann ,Ans Petersen ,Ohn Kinahan ,Freedom Of Religion And Conscience ,Eligion And Conscience ,R Belief ,Reedom Of Religion Or Belief Initiative In Turkey ,Reedom Of Religion Or Belief Project In Turkey ,Reedom Of Religion Or Belief Project ,Nancozgurlugugirisimi Org ,Reedom Of Religion Or Belief Initiative ,Norwegian Helsinki Committee ,Hc ,Nhc No ,En Norske Helsingforskomit Eacute ,Fundamental Rights ,Fundamental Freedoms ,Fundamental Right ,Undamental Freedom ,Human Right ,Free Speech ,Freedom Of Expression ,Reedom Of Opinion And Expression ,Freedom Of Assembly ,Freedom Of Peaceful Assembly ,The Right To Believe ,O Worship And Witness ,He Right To Change Ones Belief Or Religion ,He Right To Join Together And Express Ones Belief ,Article 18 ,Article 9 ,Human Dimension ,Universal Declaration Of Human Rights ,Ddhr ,Nternational Covenant On Civil And Political Rights ,Iccpr ,Eneral Comment 22 ,European Convention On Human Rights ,Chr ,Uropean Convention For The Protection Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms ,European Court Of Human Rights ,Ecthr ,Slo Coalition On Freedom Of Religion Or Belief ,Slocoalition Org ,Slo Coalition ,Victoria Arnold ,Guidelines ,Egal Personality Of Religious Or Belief Communities ,Eview Of Legislation Pertaining To Religion Or Belief ,Egislation Pertaining To Religion Or Belief ,Legal Status ,State Permission ,State Registration ,State Control ,Legal Review ,Legislative Review ,Expert Analysis ,Xpert Analyses ,Oledo Guiding Principles ,Eaching About Religions And Beliefs In Public Schools ,Crimea ,Nagorno Karabakh ,Nakhichevan ,Georgia ,Romoting And Protecting Freedom Of Religion Or Belief ,Rotecting Freedom Of Religion And Belief ,Rotecting The Right To Freedom Of Religion Or Belief ,Religion And Belief ,N ,United Nations ,Pecial Rapporteur On Freedom Of Religion Or Belief ,European Union ,You ,Uidelines On The Promotion And Protection Of Freedom Religion Or Belief ,Reedom Of Religion Or Belief Learning Platform ,Orb Learning Platform ,Orb Learning Platform Forb Org ,Ordic Ecumenical Network On Freedom Of Religion Or Belief ,Orforb ,Orum18newsservice ,Humanrights ,Forb ,Eligiousfreedom ,Human Rights Council ,