Sherry you have expressed it so well for me. I share your sentiments.
This is tragic and I for one don't like to sit around and gloat about how someone deserved to be treated in this manner. Its a human rights issue and JWs are still human.
In fact, I would take it further: When a supposedly "worldly" organization such as the UN or Amnesty International steps in and supports the JWs case against persecution, these worldy organizations are in effect modeling an enlightened approach to the Watchtower that all humans not only have rights but are ultimately accountable when they abuse others' rights. In the 1970s, I thought it was ironic that UN agencies stepped in to feed and clothe persecuted and exiled JWs from Malawi; meanwhile, during that stage in the Watchtower's interpretations, the UN was am evil, satanic organization!
Human history is one of using principled reason against dogmatism and endeavouring not to fall back on the hackneyed sentiment that suggests that because a specific group has acted in a cruel manner that all of its members deserve to also be treated cruelly by others.
Let's give the JWs a break in this regard. Imagine: The often hapless JWs simply obey the Watchtower and often experience chronic levels of stress - to say the least - in this regard. Then along comes the heavy-handed law of the land that further oppresses them. And some say, "Huh! Given what the Watchtower teaches, the JWs are geting a taste of their own medicine." Trouble is, it's the rank and file - including chhildren - that are on the receiving end of this, and not the Big Boys from Brooklyn.