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The Council of Europe, of which Azerbaijan is a member, has called repeatedly for alternative civil service to be permitted.
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Despite legal deferments and a plea for alternative civil service, Bakhtiyar was sentenced to two years in prison -- the longest prison term observed for this crime.
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MPs have a free vote on their own pay (although not for much longer, as the government has asked a senior civil servant to recommend a less inflammatory alternative).
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Last year the court ruled against a pay cut for civil servants which forced the government to seek alternative sources of revenue.
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He also revealed that the judiciary is looking at the potential for greater use of mediation, or alternative dispute resolution, in appropriate civil cases.
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He said people could make their own judgements about engaging in civil disobedience, but it should always be an alternative to violence not something that leads to violence.
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The importance of marriage for society's general health and stability also explains why the commonly mooted alternative to gay marriage a so-called civil union is not enough.
ECONOMIST: It rests on equality, liberty and even society
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International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which has been working to devise a global alternative to the law.
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If the Conservatives, or indeed the Liberal Democrats, were offering an alternative government likely to combine superior fiscal management, fewer burdens on business, liberal policies on immigration and civil liberties, and a foreign policy geared toward further progress in the Middle East and a constructively critical approach to the European Union, The Economist would switch its endorsement.
ECONOMIST: Our British election endorsement