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New bill in Georgia would scrap military exemptions for non-Orthodox religions

New bill in Georgia would scrap military exemptions for non-Orthodox religions

Under the new bill, Georgian Orthodox priests would be the only people eligible to defer military service for religious reasons.

New bill in Georgia would scrap military exemptions for non-Orthodox religions

New bill in Georgia would scrap military exemptions for non-Orthodox religions

Under the new bill, Georgian Orthodox priests would be the only people eligible to defer military service for religious reasons.

Duty of an only son: to serve the motherland or continue the family name?

By Seymur Kazimov

Duty of an only son: to serve the motherland or continue the family name?

Throughout the region there are debates around compulsory military service, in Azerbaijan, the debate centres around drafting only sons in the family.

Duty of an only son: to serve the motherland or continue the family name?

Duty of an only son: to serve the motherland or continue the family name?

By Seymur Kazimov

Throughout the region there are debates around compulsory military service, in Azerbaijan, the debate centres around drafting only sons in the family.

Georgia’s parliament passes law to counter conscription avoidance

Georgia’s parliament passes law to counter conscription avoidance

Georgia’s parliament passes law to counter conscription avoidance

Georgia’s parliament passes law to counter conscription avoidance

Georgia to remove mandatory military service from constitution

Georgia to remove mandatory military service from constitution

Georgia to remove mandatory military service from constitution

Georgia to remove mandatory military service from constitution

Georgia to jail young men for ‘avoiding conscription’

Georgia to jail young men for ‘avoiding conscription’

Georgia to jail young men for ‘avoiding conscription’

Georgia to jail young men for ‘avoiding conscription’

Georgian government to counter Girchi’s conscription avoidance ‘religion’

Georgian government to counter Girchi’s conscription avoidance ‘religion’

Georgian government to counter Girchi’s conscription avoidance ‘religion’

Georgian government to counter Girchi’s conscription avoidance ‘religion’

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