Tortured for Saying No: One Ukrainian’s Determination to Resist Nonviolently
As Europe arms yet more heavily (“re-arms”??) and conscription returns across the continent, what happens to those who refuse to fight? #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
WBW Board Member Sheliazhenko says there are signs that Trump’s plan is mainly aimed at asserting U.S. global leadership and economic interests, as well as Trump’s personal interests. #WorldBEYONDWar
By the Undersigned and Humanitarian Disarmament, December 1, 2025 This statement has been signed by 5 humanitarian disarmament coalitions and 77 civil society organizations across
If we protect the right to conscientious objection and enable it to scale, we constrain warfare today — and make a demilitarised future not just imaginable, but achievable. #WorldBEYONDWar