SPAIN: Struggle in Jehovah’s Witnesses
File photo of a Jehovah’s Witness man on a street in the UK. Richard Baker via Getty Images. This is the first time a religion has brought an action against dissidents in Spain. The Court of 1st Instance of Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid) will investigate whether the name of one of the associations undermines the honor […]
SPAIN: Jehovah’s Witnesses take their victims to court
Shutterstock | Roman Riviera Those who have abandoned Jehovah’s Witnesses are considered “apostates” by the sect, and adherents cut off all contact with them, even if they are part of their own family. Originally published on November 7, 2022 in Spanish on Aleteia by Luis Santamaría*. On November 8, the Court of 1st Instance of […]
NORWAY: Nygard Receiving free legal aid
Shunned: Gry Helen Nygård is grateful for the legal help she now receives from the law firm Schjødt. COURT CASE: The Schjødt law firm assists Gry Helen Nygård with a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights. – This case is fundamentally important, says the lawyer Originally published in Norwegian on VÅRT LAND on […]
NORWAY: State Administrator issues Jehovah’s Witnesses with notice of loss of registration
MAY LOSE REGISTRATION: “We will now consider whether the conditions that came to light in our investigations may also have an impact on the registration of Jehovah’s Witnesses”, writes the State Administrator in Oslo and Viken in a letter to Jehovah’s Witnesses. (Photo: Vidar Ruud/NTB) JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES: The shunning practice of Jehovah’s Witnesses is the […]
France: ECHR condemns France for the sexual abuse suffered by a child in care of Jehovah’s Witnesses
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. mrallen / stock.adobe.com The young girl, placed in a family of members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, had suffered rape and sexual abuse for 13 years. Originally published in French on Le Figaro on Thursday, November 3, 2022. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France on Thursday […]
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I would like to thank the State Administrator and the Ministry of Children and Families for hearing our voices
Jan Frode Nilsen is a former Jehovah’s Witness. He has lost contact with his family after he left the congregation. Photo: Kristin Ellefsen It has been a long journey. From being born into Jehovah’s Witnesses, growing up there, being baptized at 17 and living in there for 35 years, gradually realizing that I didn’t belong […]
NORWAY: Jehovah’s Witnesses Denied State Subsidy
Paul Gillies, director of the Office of Public Information (OPI) of Jehovah’s Witnesses On 1 January 2021, the new Religious Communities Act came into force in Norway. The Act contains conditions for registration of and grants to faiths and religious communities. It also specifies several grounds for when grants can be refused. With the implementation […]
Ex-Jehovah’s Witness want ban on baptism of children: ‘You lose everything if you decide differently later’
Ex-Jehovah’s Witness want ban on baptism children: ‘You lose everything if you decide differently later’ ARNHEM, Netherlands – The baptism of minors at the Jehovah’s Witnesses must come to an end. A Gelderland foundation of ex-Jehovah’s witnesses argues for this in a letter to the House of Representatives and the Ministry of Legal Protection. The […]