jw.org's news report on the Supreme Court of South Korea's ruling of 1 November 2018, in a nine to four decision, that conscientious objection to military service is not a crime and constitutes justifiable grounds for refusal, reversing the court's own 2004 position. Reliable for the ruling's date and vote count, for its statement that the decision opened the way to not guilty verdicts for over nine hundred pending cases, and for its account of a June 2018 Constitutional Court ruling that had already ordered the government to provide an alternative civilian service option by December 2019.
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Citation
AuthorWatch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
PublisherWatch Tower Bible and Tract Society (jw.org)
Publication Year2018
URLhttps://www.jw.org/en/news/region/south-korea/historic-supreme-court-decision-20181101/
Source Typenews
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
An interested party's own report on a court ruling directly affecting its members, tier three; the ruling's date and nine to four vote are corroborated by contemporaneous independent reporting, including the Library of Congress's Global Legal Monitor summary and mainstream wire coverage. NotesUsed for Jehovah's Witnesses' 2018 South Korea event: the ruling date and vote count.
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Spread Events, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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