Refusing to fight.

• Position: Navy sailor Pablo Paredes consider war as illegal - Brief Article

Navy sailor Pablo Paredes did not board the amphibious assault ship USS Richard Bonhomme in December as it was about to set sail for the Persian Gulf. He applied for conscientious objector status, but the Navy denied his request. On May 12, a military court sentenced Paredes to three months of hard labor for missing his deployment.

He read a statement in the military court that said: "I think we would all agree that a service member must not participate in random unprovoked illegitimate violence simply because he is ordered to. What I submit to you and the court is that I am convinced that the current war is...