Bermudians Against the Draft will soon be making representations to the British Parliament explaining their oppostio to conscription in the Bermuda Regimebnt. Their arguments include:

¦ The ballot choosing conscripts is gender-biased and a breach of human rights, and that the Governor has not made reasonable efforts to recruit volunteers before filling the Regiment with conscripts.

¦ BAD has been "inundated" with calls from conscripts and their parents reporting physical and emotional abuse at Warwick Camp.

¦ Conscripts are not allowed to use the bathroom at night during Boot Camp and end up urinating in bags and bottles as a result.

¦ A disproportionate number of young black men are drafted while there is a disproportionate number of white officers.

¦ That more than 40 black conscripts have been incarcerated at Westgate for rebelling against conscription since 2000.

¦ That "innumerable" others have been subjected to shackles and handcuffs in "third world" cells at Warwick Camp.