OCTOBER 25, 2012 — CCPR finds violations of right to freedom of conscience in its decision involving 388 Witness conscientious objectors

AUGUST 30, 2011 — Constitutional Court again upholds law punishing conscientious objectors

MARCH 24, 2011 — In examining communications from 100 Witnesses, the CCPR finds conscientious objection to military service is a protected right

MARCH 23, 2010 — CCPR finds violations of right to freedom of conscience in complaints of 11 non-Witness conscientious objectors

JANUARY 15, 2009 — Presidential report confirms that government is responsible for death of five Witness conscientious objectors in its custody from 1975 to 1985

NOVEMBER 3, 2006 — UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR) finds that South Korea violated rights of two Witness conscientious objectors

AUGUST 26, 2004 — Constitutional Court upholds the constitutionality of law punishing conscientious objectors

1975 — Government institutes coercive military conscription requiring 100 percent participation

1973 — Government begins torture of imprisoned Witnesses that persists into mid-1990’s

1953 — Government imprisons first Witness conscientious objector

OCTOBER 30, 1952 — Government registers The Watch Tower Songso Chaekja Hyuphoi of Korea