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International Conscientious Objectors Day is marked around the world each year on 15 May.
In London each year a brief ceremony is held at the Commemorative Stone, during which the names are read of a representative person who 'maintained the right to refuse to kill' – in the words on the Stone - for as many countries as can be found.
A white flower was laid on the Stone for each of the 50 people remembered and whose names were read out.
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International Conscientious Objector Day May 15
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CO Day event at the CO Stone, Tavistock Sq, London
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Read: Refusing to Kill - conscientious objectors and human rightsd in World War One. | more
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Tuesday 15 May 2007
Brief ceremony to celebrate International Conscientious Objectors' Day, 12.00 noon, at the CO Stone, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1. Speaker, Chris Cole, Fellowship of Reconciliation. Laying of flowers to commemorate COs from all over the world
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