conscientious objectors

These American deserters from the Iraq war may finally get refuge in Canada

Abortion Is Legal in Italy, But It's Almost Impossible to Get One

Valentina Magnanti miscarried alone in a hospital bathroom after the doctor on shift refused to help her. While abortion remains technically legal in Italy, 70 percent of Italian gynecologists refuse to offer the procedure—with terrifying results for...

Glasgow Has Been Plastered in Thousands of Black Remembrance Poppies

In Glasgow, a group of provocative anti-war activists are so convinced that the real message of remembrance has been lost that they spent last week covering the city with posters of black poppies.

Meeting Finland's Imprisoned Conscientious Objectors

Amnesty calls them prisoners of conscience, and their numbers are small but growing. Last year, Finland sentenced at least 40 conscientious objectors to prison or house arrest. That's up from 12 the year before.