<P> Since conscription was suspended in 1994 and military service is voluntary, the status of conscience objector cannot be granted anymore in Belgium . </P> <P> Mennonites and other similar peace churches in Canada were automatically exempt from any type of service during Canada's involvement in World War I by provisions of the Order in Council of 1873 yet initially, many were imprisoned until the matter was again resettled . With pressure of public opinion, the Canadian government barred entry of additional Mennonite and Hutterite immigrants, rescinding the privileges of the Order in Council . During Canada's involvement in World War II, Canadian conscientious objectors were given the options of noncombatant military service, serving in the medical or dental corps under military control or working in parks and on roads under civilian supervision . Over 95% chose the latter and were placed in Alternative Service camps . Initially the men worked on road building, forestry and firefighting projects . After May 1943, as the labour shortage developed within the nation and another Conscription Crisis burgeoned, men were shifted into agriculture, education and industry . The 10,700 Canadian objectors were mostly Mennonites (63%) and Dukhobors (20%). </P> <P> Conscientious objection is not recognised in Colombia, which has occasionally resulted of the detention and forced recruitment of those who refuse the draft . This is despite the fact that the Colombia constitutional court has ruled that conscientious objection is protected by the constitution in 2012 . War Resisters' International's report on conscientious objection in Colombia Before being ruled unconstitutional by the court as illegal in Sentence T - 455 / 14, people were at risk of batidas - raids in the street and public spaces - where young people were rounded up and forcibly recruited if they could not prove they had already undergone military service . </P> <P> In Czechoslovakia, those not willing to enter mandatory military service could avoid it by signing a contract for work lasting years in unattractive occupations, such as mining . Those who didn't sign were imprisoned . Both numbers were tiny . After the communist party lost its power in 1989, alternative civil service was established . As of 2006, both the Czech Republic and Slovakia have abolished conscription . </P>

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