Helvetin Pastori/Pastor of Hell

So, here we are. After president Trumps recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel despite serious opposition from basically the whole world, including members of his own administration, I knew I had to write about this man. But when I started to plan the post itself, I soon realized how hard it would be. This is surprising considering all the stupid shit this man has done during his time in office and his campaign before that. You'd think it would be easy to just start writing about all the stuff he has done and said. The problem is, he has done and said so much stupid shit that I've lost count.  All his broken promises, his efforts to repeal Obamacare, the planned "tax cut" which only benefits the rich, all the blatant racism and sexism, the travel ban affecting countries that have never attacked the US, attacks towards the media and his critics, escalation of wars, all the stuff regarding Russia... There actually is too much to write about. I...

I've already talked about the treatment of conscientious objectors here in Finland in previous posts (links at the end of this one). This is because Finland still has mandatory conscription for men, an aspect of life here that I personally do not care for and neither do multiple human rights organisations. It's also a personal topic for me, as I am under Finnish law considered as a conscientious objector myself. However, even though the Finnish system has received criticism for human rights violations, there are countries where the situation is even worse. That's why as a part of the International Week of Action Against Militarization of Youth, in this post I will talk about the treatment of conscientious objectors in other countries. Some general information about conscientious objection before we go any further. The right to conscientious objection is derived from Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which reads: " Everyone has the right to freed...