Witnesses of Jéhovah

To remain martyrs, they had refused the statute of conscientious objector

According to a post of Raph <raphaelc@free.fr > over news:fr.soc.religion June 3, 1997.

Louis Lecoin, which savagely fought so that the statute of conscientious objector is recognized, tells how it was betrayed by the witnesses of Jéhovah whereas they were supposed to be linked for the same cause: the refusal of the military service.


Xavier Martin-Dupont wrote:

Specified.

This statute their was granted thanks to the fight carried out by Louis Lecoin, savage antimilitarist who devoted all his life to be fought according to his humanistic convictions.

Louis Lecoin was anarchistic, pacifist, person in charge for the French section of International Solidarity Antifascist. Its fidelity without fault in its deep humanistic convictions was worth 12 years of prison to him, and it never disavowed its ideal of justice.

At the beginning of 57, it invests its forces and its goods for the defense of the conscientious objectors. January 31, 1958 nait " Freedom ", weekly magazine intended to inform on this fight, then is created a committee of Help to the Conscientious objectors (with Breton, Camus, Buffet, Cocteau etc.) he will be the secretary.

He would be obviously vain and particularly cheap to try to disparage this man, who, by devoting all his goods and all his forces in the last non-violent combat of his life to make recognize the statute of conscientious objector, thus largely helped the Witnesses of Jéhovah. And it arrived to its ends, despite everything the difficulties, going until a hunger strike in June 62 at the 74 years age, and an ungrateful attempt at treason of certain Witnesses of Jéhovah, which fortunately fell through.

Extracts of its autobiography (" the Course of a life ", published by the author, 1965), defining his position with respect to the Witnesses of Jéhovah:

Lecoin and its Committee multiply the actions and sensitize the public opinion gradually. It even knows that it can count on 400 deputies. The unanimous press support also the initiative.

However, the excuses of the government, due in particular to the political context (war of Algeria) and to the influence of the staff and gravities of the Administration, will involve Lecoin to make the hunger strike, in June 62 (of ßt to the 22), after having written to Gaulle, of which it can have the support, that it was necessary that it holds his promise, because would hold there his to him. It is 74 years old, and nothing will start its determination.

The Duck Connected known as of him:

With its hunger strike, Lecoin has first of all obtained the early release of the conscientious objectors imprisoned for 3 years, that is to say 28 people. A statute is presented at the Government, but the Parliament denatures the bill the 24/07/63: .. and the Senate makes hood what it remains about it: And at this point in time pushed back with the session of autumn, the project misses moreover being definitively torpedoed by the Witnesses of Jéhovah, who however profit from a handing-over in anticipated freedom obtained thanks to the fight of Lecoin! La probité et l'intégrité morale de Lecoin rendent vaines toutes contestations de mauvaise foi de ses propos.



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