this post was submitted on 07 May 2022
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It's not a punishment for attending the protest because conscription has already been in effect for a few months. All men aged 19-60 have been ordered to report to military recruitment offices, these men did not so when the officers met them they were given orders to do so.
The article has a 3rd occurrence of the word "conscription" besides the two OP quoted:
From that description I'd say it is effectively a punishment for protesting, because if they hadn't attended they probably wouldn't have gotten caught evading the draft.