Two conscientious objectors applied to Moscow Center of the Radical Party and asked to distribute information about their cases.

CHERNYAEV ALEKSANDR YURIEVICH from Moscow, born in 1971, declared his conscientious objection to military service in March 1990 for ethical reasons. After that by the local recruitment office he was sent to mental hospital to pass mental examination. In the hospital where he was kept for three weeks medical personnel tried to persuade him to agree to be recognized as a mentally disabled person because in that case he would have been recognized unfit for military service. Aleksandr strongly opposed to such suggestions and eventually he was recognized sane. In May 1990 a criminal case according Article 80 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code was opened against him for "evasion of the regular call up to active military service". Approximately after one month he had to stand his trial but escaped from the place of his residence and left for Lithuania where he lives now avoiding contacts with Soviet authorities. Now he is searched by authorities and have. Now he is searched by authorities and has to conceal th

e place of his residence. Aleksandr Cherniaev explained that he objected to military service because he could not serve in any structure where unconditional obedience to any orders is required. He is ready to fulfill alternative civilian service. He is seeking for political asylum in a country which grants the right to conscientious objection.

Current post address of Aleksandr Cherniaev:

Cherniaev Aleksandr Yurievich, do vostrebovanija

Glavpochtampt

Vilnius 232000

BYAHOV ANATOLI BORISOVICH from town Kamyshin, Volgograd region, born 1972, declared his conscientious objection to military service on October 19, 1990 for religious reasons. He explained his motives in the statement which he sent to the local recruitment office. In the beginning of December 1990 a criminal case according Article 80 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code was opened against him for "evasion of the regular call up to active military service". On March 1991 court of Kamyshin town sentenced Anatoli Byahov to 2 years of jail. He spent 2.5 months in prison and after appeal of his lawyer the court suspended his sentence what meant that he had to perform forced labour living out of home. He carried out his suspended sentence for three months and then escaped because he got information that authorities were going to send him to a prison camp. Now Anatoli is searched by authorities and have to conceal the place of his residence. Anatoli objects to military service because he shares ideas of the Jehov

ah Witnesses' Church though meanwhile he is not its member.

If you want to support Aleksandr Cherniaev and Anatoli Byahov you can write letter or telegram to following addresses:

USSR

Moscow 103793

GSP, Pushkinskaja pl. 15a

Procurator's Office of the USSR;

USSR

Moscow 121260

ul.Vorovskogo 15

Supreme Court of the USSR.