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WE MADE A FILM!

Contribution by ZDF/frontal: Russian Fighters/Deserters

Artyom Klyga

For prime time on German television channel ZDF. In German. With my participation.

At the beginning of the year, thanks to a lawyer friend of mine, I happened to meet Julia Wischnewska in Berlin. I told her about my work and my long-held desire to make a short film about Russian deserters for a wide audience. Not for a Russian audience (we already had that, and there wouldn’t be much new to say there), but for a German one. I saw it as another opportunity to raise awareness of the issue among both the German public and politicians.

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CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IS A HUMAN RIGHT! EVERYWHERE!

14. DEZEMBER — NUREMBERG

German Peace Society — United Conscientious Objectors

Hi, I’m Judith. We are standing here on Kornmarkt, at the very beginning of Human Rights Street. The weather is really nice, but the theme of our demonstration is quite cold and not very pleasant. There are more than 20 armed conflicts and wars in the world, and there are many people who do not want to participate in these wars. There is a human right to consciously refuse military service, and that is why we are here to demand that this right be realized. So that people who don’t want to fight can find protection and refuge with us. Later we will continue from the Kornmarkt to the Federal Migration Office and demonstrate in front of this office.