Human rights organisations express concern over the immediate risk of deportation of russian war resister maksim kuzmin to the russian federation

Human rights organisations express concern over the immediate risk of deportation of russian war resister maksim kuzmin to the russian federation

Organizations express serious concern over the imminent deportation of Maksim Kuzmin, a Russian conscientious objector, from Lithuania to Russia. Facing a critical hearing on April 2nd, 2026, he risks persecution and forced mobilization despite previous court rulings confirming he poses no security threat. We urgently appeal to the Lithuanian Court to grant him international protection and uphold human rights, preventing his return to a country where he faces danger for his anti-war stance.

YURII SHELIAZHENKO*, conscientious objector to military service and human rights defender, under immediate threat

YURII SHELIAZHENKO*, conscientious objector to military service and human rights defender, under immediate threat

The undersigned organizations express serious concern regarding the continued persecution of Ukrainian human rights defender Yurii Sheliazhenko, a conscientious objector to military service. He is currently under an alarming threat of being arrested and forcibly conscripted under Ukraine’s system of universal military registration, which is enforced through coercive measures including arbitrary detentions and forced transfers to conscription offices. Such practices effectively compel conscientious objectors to act against their beliefs and directly violate Article 18(2) of the ICCPR, which prohibits coercion impairing freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

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