Armenia: Jehovah’s Witnesses apply for alternative military service

Iravunk web site, Yerevan
7 Oct 04

October

The law on alternative service in the Armenian Republic has been
effective since 1 September.

Twenty young men applied to the Armenian Defence Ministry by 1
October, saying they would like to perform alternative service. Most
of them are Jehovah’s Witnesses but there are also those who want to
evade military service for other motives.