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Jehovah’s Witnesses Practice of Exclusion Constitutes a Serious Violation of Others Rights

By Hans Christian Bergsjo Thursday February 13, 2025 TRIAL Jehovah’s Witnesses vs the State Borgarting Court of Appeal Thursday is the second to last day of the trial between Jehovah’s Witnesses and the state Jehovah’s Witnesses attorney Anders Stray Ryssdal continued his argument reiterating that neither psychological violence nor negative social control are legal terms. […]

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Watchtower Court Case In Norway

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Operation Spotlight

Thanks to the efforts of exJW activist and YouTuber Jimmy Bell, Monica Kincaid, Jon Leger of exJW Analyzer, Jay Henschel, Ruby Quinn, Shelley Dean Braeioux who testified at the Australian Royal Commission as BCG and later went on to earn a batchelor’s degree in law, a petition has been put together and will be mailed […]

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Not Allowed To Bring In Experts for Norway Trial

https://www.vl.no/religion/2025/01/23/jehovas-vitner-far-ikke-innhente-internasjonale-eksperter-til-rettssak COURT: When Jehovah’s Witnesses meet the state in the appeal case regarding state subsidies, they want two international experts to be called as expert witnesses. Both the state and the Court of Appeal say no. – Worrying, says the religious community. Jehovah’s Witnesses have filed a lawsuit after the authorities decided to deprive them […]

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Does the Governing Body Really Trust In Jehovah?

In their meetings Jehovah’s Witnesses are regularly taught to give consideration to pre-Christian servants of God, viewing them as examples of faith to imitate. However, as in many areas, the ones responsible for teaching these very lessons, the governing body, do not apply them to themselves. This video highlights an ongoing opportunity for the leadership […]

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Claim They Have Softened Exclusion Practices

RELIGION SOCIETY ACT: Jehovah’s Witnesses have made changes to their exclusion practices, and believe they may be entitled to state subsidies again. But neither the state nor ex-members are convinced. Rakel Lima Fjelltvedt is a former Jehovah’s Witness. She was excluded from the religious community after she chose to withdraw from it. Today she has […]

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Hypocrisy and Double Standards!

On their official website (JW.Org) the Watchtower organization regularly posts articles and videos stating that it is a requirement of God for persons to be members of an organized religion in order to gain salvation. This channel has addressed this topic before. But in their most recent posting the statement is made that some people […]

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Denmark Reaches Out to Norway About Jehovah’s Witnesses

by Nicklas Calvert • Alberte Linde On March 4, 2024, Oslo Tingrett approved the decision of the Norwegian state to depriving Jehovah’s Witnesses of recognition as a religious community in Norway. The Crown witness in the previous trial was 47-year-old Norwegian Jan Frode Nilsen. He is a former member of Jehovah’s Witnesses and has been […]

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Watchtower Leadership Under Scrutiny in Denmark

Morten Dahlin emphasizes that Jehovah’s Witnesses must behave properly and follow Danish law’ by Alberte Linde Ekstra Bladet uncovers the finances of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the people behind, the rules and the life of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It comes after the organization presented their members in March with a number of new rules that have resulted in […]

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New challenges for Jehovah’s Witnesses: “A mass exodus is underway”

Updated June 2, 2024Published June 2, 2024 SVT Nyheter Jehovah’s Witnesses are facing new challenges today when defectors speak out on social media, says journalist Jenny Küttim, who herself grew up as a Witness and later came to examine the movement. – I am impressed by how Ida spreads knowledge on Tiktok, she says. At […]