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"I Contributed to Death and Human Suffering": How One War Resister's Case Puts the Afghan War On Trial

Dahr Jamail, TruthOut.org. July 14, 2009.

Victor Agosto argues that, in accordance to the Nuremburg Principles, the war in Afghanistan is an illegal war.

André Shepherd, Iraq War Resister, Applies for Asylum in Germany

Sarah Lazare, AlterNet. January 8, 2009.

Shepherd has been living underground in Germany for nearly two years; he applied for refugee status on the grounds that the Iraq War is illegal.

As More Troops Refuse to Deploy, Getting Conscientious Objector Status is an Uphill Battle

Sarah Lazare, AlterNet. October 8, 2008.

Soldiers who decide to become conscientious objectors face a major struggle, but it can also be "the most liberating thing ever."

Robin Long, War Resister Deported from Canada, Faces Trial This Week

Sarah Lazare, AlterNet. August 21, 2008.

The first war resister to be deported from Canada since the Vietnam War faces court-martial and three years in jail. Who is next?

Mistrial Declared for War Resister Lt. Watada

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. February 8, 2007.

An Army judge has declared mistrial in the court martial of Lt. Ehren Watada, who can't be retried for the same charges.