Behind the Mask as a Jehovah’s Witness
A detailed article on how the harmful concealment of Masking occurs and how Jehovah’s Witnesses have had to use this tactic to survive within the Organization. Interviewed is Anna Hendricks, Former Jehovah’s Witness and advocate.
Becoming the Cycle-Breaker with Jehovah’s Witnesses
Breaking the Toxic bonds with the Jehovah’s Witness Organization.
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 […]
Nilsen’s Testimony in Full
Jan Frode Nilsen and the Oslo Courthouse in Norway Jan Frode Nilsen was questioned about the Jehovah’s Witnesses practice of shunning in an Oslo courthouse in Norway on Thursday morning, March 30, 2023. This is his full testimony. Transcript provided by Jan F. Nilsen in Norwegian. Translated by Jason Wynne. First published April 1, 2023 […]
Norway: Jan Frode Nilsen’s Testimony
Jan Frode Nilsen gives testimony before an Oslo Court regarding Jehovah’s Witnesses’ shunning of former members Anders Ryssdal, lawyer for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norway, asks Jan Frode Nilsen some questions before an Oslo court on Thursday. The following is a paraphrasing of what was discussed based on notes written in Norwegian and provided to Mr. […]
The dark side of Jehovah’s Witnesses: A young woman recounts a harsh confession
A young woman decided to break the silence, after the congregation publicly said that leaving was a “voluntary” action that carried no consequences. Originally published on March 23, 2023 in Spanish on La Tercera and written by Nicole Iporre. Commentary by Lester Somrah. “I am going to talk seriously about what happens within the Jehovah’s […]
No resources for victims of violence and ostracism in state-sponsored religious communities
Anna Margrét Kaldalóns grew up in the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Iceland. Her entire family was ostracized when she was 12 years old, and she says the experience was almost like the end of the world. ICELAND: There are no professional resources available for people who leave cults in Iceland, and many former members […]