appeal for conscientious objector

For those that might be interested:

Amnesty has an appeal going for an American National Guard soldier who has been convicted as a deserter for refusing to return to Iraq on conscientious grounds (and despite having filed for discharge as a conscientious objector).

"On 21 May 2004, a US military court sentenced Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia Castillo of the Florida National Guard to the maximum penalty of one year's imprisonment for desertion. He had refused to return to his unit in Iraq, citing moral reasons, the legality of the war and the conduct of US troops towards Iraqi civilians and prisoners. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned for his conscientious opposition to participating in war.."

Will write mine tomorrow.