Vart Land Sondre Bjordal April 30, 2026 The State Took Jehovah’s Witnesses to the Supreme Court. Now the Judgment Has Been Delivered JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES: The country’s highest court has decided whether the state can deny the religious community state funding and registration as a religious community. FINALLY DECIDED: The case between Jehovah’s Witnesses and the state was […]
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Apr 21, 2026 | 22:11 in Society Photo: YIANNIS PAPAGIANOPOULOS//EUROKINISSI Nothing prevents someone from referring to themselves as a “victim” of Jehovah’s Witnesses or even describing the organisation as a “destructive cult,” a Spanish court has ruled in the name of freedom of expression, in a rare decision affecting a powerful religious movement that frequently files […]
They have come from the United States, Spain, and Iceland to sit in Norway’s Supreme Court and follow the case between the state and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Amalie Sande Henden– JournalistJournalist Published today at 11:23 Updated 40 minutes ago The case summarized – The entire community is following Norway. Today, this is the world center for all those who […]
byKelvin Ohoror May 10, 2025 in News A tragic and avoidable death has rocked the Borikiri area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, after 33-year-old Victoria Paris, who was seven months pregnant and a mother of four, reportedly died following a cesarean section at Standard Maternity Hospital. The hospital allegedly refused to administer a […]
After years of debate, Washington governor to act on clergy abuse reporting bill tomorrow News Brief by Cassy Benefield | FāVS News As of Friday, April 25, Governor Bob Ferguson signed 170 bills from the 2025 legislative session into law. He expects to sign several hundred more, notably SB 5375 – clergy mandatory reporting bill on […]
Criminal Justice, Government Bill proposed in response to InvestigateWest article makes no exemptions for allegations shared during confessions Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Spokane’s South Hill. Wilson Criscione/InvestigateWest By Wilson Criscione Apr 16, 2025 After a third consecutive year of raw, emotional debate over religious freedom and child safety, the Washington Legislature has passed […]
Article from Fædrelandsvennen. The congregation Samfundet and other religious groups that want to exercise negative social control can rejoice in the victory of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Court of Appeal. The losers in the case are some children who live with deep fear of internal punitive processes that are “very unpleasant”, “burdensome” and “humiliating”. Has […]
By Caroline Teinum Gilje and Julian Mellingsæter March 14, 2025 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been denied state subsidies for the years 2021 to 2024, and have also been denied registration of the religious community. Now the Borgarting Court of Appeal has ruled on whether the decisions are valid under the Religious Communities Act. This was the […]
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. […]
A public access reveals that convicted pedophiles may well be a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In return, parents in the affected congregations must apparently warn their children and not leave them alone with the local pedophile Of Alberte Linde • Nicklas Calvert Are you Jehovah’s Witness? Or do you have input on the subject? Then […]