conscientious objector
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National Service was spent, like his father, as a conscientious objector.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
He declared himself a conscientious objector during World War II. He was imprisoned, abandoned by his family and returned to Birmingham only to be further ostracized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
In 1985, as the Year of the Pacific approached, the ship’s captain was Peter Willcox, a lifelong seaman and conscientious objector from Vietnam who’d devoted his career to environmental action on the oceans.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
As a conscientious objector during the Korean War in 1951, Lawson served 14 months in jail for refusing to report for the draft, and he used his imprisonment as an opportunity to study nonviolent protest.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2024
Brij on the grounds of religious tolerance and me on account of I’m a conscientious objector.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
