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A call to President Macron to ask for the release of eight conscientious objectors while in Singapore

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Human Rights Without Frontiers (Brussels) urges French President Macron during his visit in Singapore this week to ask for the release of eight young Jehovah’s Witnesses imprisoned as conscientious objectors to military service.

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Yishuo Lin awaiting a 2nd Court Martial prison sentence as a conscientious objector

Four of them are serving a second sentence because they refused to change their stance after serving their first prison term. These young men have no legal recourse in Singapore, as the government enforces compulsory military service and does not recognize the right of conscientious objection.

When a young man turns 18 years of age, he is required to enter Singapore’s military. If he refuses for reasons of conscience, he is detained for up to 12 months in a military camp. At the expiration of his term, he is released and then immediately ordered to don a military uniform and participate in military training. If he again declines to do so, he is subject to a second court martial with a term of up to 18 months. Thus, young men who conscientiously object to military service are subjected to two consecutive prison terms, for a total of up to 30 months of imprisonment.

Singapore refuses to comply with UN Directives

The United Nations has long appealed to member States to “recognize that conscientious objection to military service should be considered a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”

Although Singapore has been a member State since 1965, it has expressed its disagreement with the United Nations on this issue.

In a letter dated April 24, 2002, addressed to the UN Commission on Human Rights, a Singaporean government official stated that “where individual beliefs or actions run counter [to the right of national defense], the right of a state to preserve national security must prevail.” In no uncertain terms, the official wrote, “We do not recognize the universal applicability of conscientious objection to military service.”

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