Vart Land March 4, 2024 COURT CASE: After being deprived of state subsidies, Jehovah’s Witnesses filed a lawsuit against the state of Norway. The verdict was handed down on Monday. (VERDICT: The trial between Jehovah’s Witnesses and the State of Norway took place from 8 to 19 January in the Oslo District Court. Lawyer Anders […]
Tag: Religious Freedom
In 2015 at the Australian Royal Commission’s Inquiry into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, governing body member Geoffrey Jackson tried to explain in his testimony that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not shun former members as long as they leave unofficially by merely ceasing to attend meetings. But if they formally wish to disassociate themselves so […]
Some 30 cases involving Jehovah’s Witnesses came before the U.S. Supreme Court in the five-year period between 1938 and 1943. The decisions of which have greatly led to the protection of religious freedom. However, what happens when a member decides they want to leave the religion? Is their freedom to do so respected? This video […]
Vart Land January 13, 2024 “One of the worst nights I’ve had” Rakel Fjelltvedt (26) left Jehovah’s Witnesses because of the exclusion system. It’s one of the worst nights I’ve had. It felt like I was opting out of a lot of people that I love. One October evening just over three years ago, Rakel Fjelltvedt […]