Jehovah’s Witnesses file for Judicial Review
Written by Lester Somrah – June 2, 2023 Wellington, New Zealand – On Friday 2nd June 2023, the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Australasia) Limited filed an application for judicial review against the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in Care, New Zealand. According to its media release on its website, the Royal Commission […]
“My Work Here Is Done”
After almost 9 years of religious human rights activism, Jason Wynne is retiring. After recent news articles, a hard-hitting documentary involving Rebekah Vardy, and the release of the latest edition of the elders’ textbook, Shepherd the Flock of God, he says, “My work here is done.” AvoidJW was founded in October 2014 after Jason Wynne […]
CHILD ABUSE: Two Jehovah’s Witnesses Nearly In Prison
ENTRE RÍOS – In 2021, Pedro Matías Vargas and Vito Luciano Panza, Jehovah’s Witnesses of Santa Elena, were convicted for the crime of sexual abuse of two minors. The Superior Court of the Criminal Justice Chamber of Entre Ríos has rejected an appeal of the conviction presented by the religious group’s lawyer. Vargas and Panza […]
Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Me
Rebekah Vardy has made a documentary with UK TV’s Channel 4 about her experience with Jehovah’s Witnesses Rebekah Vardy, wife of England and Leicester City football star Jamie Vardy, has accused Jehovah’s Witnesses of having covered up the sexual abuse she suffered as a child and claims the church failed to protect other children from […]
Father of an Ex-Jehovah’s Witness
Jan Frode Nilsen with his father in the background who is shunning him because he left Jehovah’s Witnesses Photo: Morten Marius Larsen “It can be compared to a feeling of sadness. But it is difficult to describe,” Per Ole Nilsen searches to find the words when he is asked about his son. The distance from Grimstad to […]
NORWAY: Court Revokes Jehovah’s Witnesses Request to Suspend Deregistration
Map of Norway including Olso & Viken regions with Oslo District Court building in the background OSLO, NORWAY: On April 26, 2023, the Oslo District Court revoked Jehovah’s Witnesses’ temporary injunction that they obtained on December 30, 2022. The temporary injunction was in place to suspend the government’s attempt to deregister Jehovah’s Witnesses as a […]
Philip Brumley’s “sustained effort to deceive”
Philip Brumley Fined over $150k for deceiving a Montana Court in a child sex abuse case MONTANA, USA: Philip Brumley, legal counsel for Jehovah’s Witnesses, and head of the legal department at their headquarters in Patterson, New York, has been fined $154,448.11. On June 22, 2020 he submitted an affidavit to the United States District […]
Michael Tsifidaris: “An Elder from Hamburg”
Michael Tsifidaris, Spokesperson for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg, Germany In a news article entitled “Thousands Attend Memorial Service for Victims of the Hamburg Shooting”, published April 10, 2023, Jehovah’s Witnesses fail to name the man they have used as spokesperson for the Hamburg Shooting. However, they are quick to name both Mark Sanderson (member of […]
Telephone Contact System (TCS)
Telephone Contact System (TCS) is a program designed to facilitate preaching to those who speak a foreign language The Telephone Contact System (TCS) is a pilot program being coordinated by the Service Department at the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Branch Office. The objective of the program is to facilitate preaching to those who may show a slight […]