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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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 […]
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 […]
I am a former born-in Jehovah’s Witness (JW) (left in 2015). I pioneered for decades and was a devout JW. I am now an academic and psychologist who publishes research on the experience of leaving the JWs / shunning. The latest update on the JW website has caused much distress in the lives of exJWs […]
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES: Few Norwegian religious communities need to worry after the Jehovah’s Witnesses verdict, according to legal expert Vibeke Blaker Strand. – Will not trigger an avalanche of new cases. Vårt Land 05/03/2024 (EXPERT: Professor Vibeke Blaker Strand believes the Jehovah’s Witnesses verdict will stand up in the European Court of Human Rights, unlike human […]
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 […]
Vart Land January 19, 2024 The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses is a good example of the paradigm shift that the Religious Communities Act has undergone: Before, the religious communities were allowed to govern themselves. Today, the protection of the individual is much stronger. Jehovah’s Witnesses have filed a lawsuit against the state after they were […]
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Standing On Opposite Sides
Vart Land January 19, 2024 By Jor Hjulstad Tvedt On Friday, the parties went their separate ways in the Oslo District Court, after the two-week dispute between the state and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Ben Elder and Jan Frode Nilsen have followed the case from different sides. On Friday, the parties made their closing statements in the […]
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 […]
Vårt Land By Jor Hjulstad Tvedt January 12, 2024 Jehovah’s Witness board member about cutting contact: – Up to the individual family COURT: Kåre Sæterhaug, board member for Jehovah’s Witnesses, explained himself to the court on Thursday and Friday. Here he claimed that the religious community has no rules for contact with expelled family members […]