PEACE campaigners around the world took part in demonstrations yesterday calling for the release of hundreds of people imprisoned in Korea for refusing to join the armed forces.

A ceremony in Tavistock Square, London, to mark International Conscientious Objectors’ Day was followed by a visit to South Korea’s embassy to hand in signatures urging South Korean President Moon Jae In to keep his election promise of recognising the right to conscientious objection.

Opponents of conscription in Cambridge, Edinburgh and Liverpool collected signatures for postcards to the South Korean government.