15-05-2025
- Politics
- Otago Daily Times
Conscientious Objectors Day marked for a second year
PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON/REPORT: RUBY SHAW
Emeritus Prof Kevin Clements speaks at the Archibald Baxter Peace Garden in Dunedin where International Conscientious Objectors Day was marked yesterday.
Prof Clements had read a statement from the Peace Pledge Union, UK and said the threat of conscription around the world remained real.
Archibald Baxter Memorial trustee Tony Eyre said the day was commemorated in Dunedin for the first time last year and would continue to be marked annually.
"We're all surrounded by what's happening in Gaza, in Ukraine, Pakistan and India."
"It's not a historic thing."
The garden honours Otago conscientious objector Archibald Baxter, who refused to fight in World War 1.
