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    ArmenPress
    Feb 3 2005

    SOLDIER'S MOTHER MONITORS SITUATION AMONG ALTERNATIVE SERVICEMEN

    YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, ARMENPRESS: A non-governmental organization
    called Soldier's Mother will unveil in March the findings of a
    monitoring of the situation in several hospitals and old people
    homes, the destination of males who refused mandatory military
    service in ordinary units choosing instead the so-called alternative
    service.
    Greta Mirzoyan, the chairwoman of the organization, said
    alternative servicemen in some places face what she said is "the
    humiliating treatment on part of hospitals' personnel." Very often
    alternative servicemen are forced to carry out "degrading' work.
    Alternative service is chosen mainly by members of Jehovah's
    Witnesses, who are allowed to quit alternative service after six
    months and join regular military units. According to military
    officials, some 20 conscripts have chosen alternative military
    service.
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