We are deeply concerned by a recent report of Ukrainian media about torturing to death a conscientious objector Dmytro Koval and other individuals, at least 26 in total, at Skelya assault regiment. #WorldBEYONDWar
Economist and diplomat Jeffrey Sachs is calling on German Chancellor Merz to begin immediate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about peace in Europe. #WorldBEYONDWar
Daniel Che is a pacifist who left his home in Kyiv to live in Portugal and build Peaceful World, an online peace education project illuminated by Walt Whitman, Lev Tolstoy, the Woodstock Generation and Jainism. #WorldBEYONDWar
As Europe arms yet more heavily (“re-arms”??) and conscription returns across the continent, what happens to those who refuse to fight? #WorldBEYONDWar
The undersigned organisations express their deep dismay over what happened to Mr. Yurii Sheliazhenko and strongly condemn the serious human rights violations committed against him by the Ukrainian authorities. #WorldBEYONDWar
World BEYOND War Board Member, pacifist, and opponent of all wars and violence, has been abducted by police in Ukraine. He has long been threatened and falsely accused of supporting Russian warmaking. #WorldBEYONDWar
Barely veiled threats to use the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the head of a European Union Member State by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy are a cause for concern and must be disavowed. #WorldBEYONDWar
The war in Ukraine is entering its fifth year. Since Russia invaded the country in violation of international law, death and destruction have reigned. #WorldBEYONDWar
By War Resisters International, January 24, 2026 The undersigned organizations express serious concern regarding the continued persecution of Ukrainian human rights defender Yurii Sheliazhenko*, a
