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  Russia Supreme Court considers ban on Jehovah's Witnesses

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  http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/06/russia-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-jehovah-witnesses.html.

  published april 06, 2017 .

  associated pressmoscow – state news agency ria novosti says russia's supreme court has upheld the decision of the city court in birobidzhan to ban the jehovah's witnesses, a decision that comes amid proceedings on a justice ministry suit to ban the religious organization in russia altogether.. jehovah's witnesses claim more than 170,000 adherents in russia.

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  The following report is about another case involving JWs in Russia:
  

  http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2269

  KAZAKHSTAN: Lawyers now face trial for defending client
  

  April 3, 2017
  

  By Felix Corley, Forum 18
  

  The two lawyers for a Jehovah's Witness now on trial in Astana are themselves under criminal investigation. The KNB secret police investigator accuses them of "revealing information from a pre-trial investigation" by appealing to President Nazarbayev for the case against their client to be halted.
  

  Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (KNB) secret police has opened a criminal case against two lawyers defending a Jehovah's Witness on trial for exercising freedom of religion and belief. Vitaly Kuznetsov and Natalya Kononenko are facing criminal investigation seeking to punish them for appealing to Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev for the charges against their client to be dropped. Charges were brought against the lawyers even before the trial they were working on began in the capital Astana.
  
  The KNB secret police accuses Kuznetsov and Kononenko of "revealing information from a pre-trial investigation" under Criminal Code Article 423. Kuznetsov described the accusation to Forum 18 as "absurd". An Astana-based legal specialist told Forum 18 the accusation was "bizarre" (see below).
  
  Astana Prosecutor's Office handed the case to Asilzhan Gabdykaparov of the General Prosecutor's Office, it told Forum 18 on 3 April. His telephone went unanswered the same day.
  
  KNB Major Medet Duskaziyev – who initiated the criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses Teymur Akhmedov and Asaf Guliyev, as well as the two lawyers Kuznetsov and Kononenko – refused to answer any of Forum 18's questions on 30 March.
  

  READ MORE: http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2269
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  Russia Supreme Court considers ban on Jehovah's Witnesses

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/06/russia-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-jehovah-witnesses.html.

  published april 06, 2017 .

  associated pressmoscow – state news agency ria novosti says russia's supreme court has upheld the decision of the city court in birobidzhan to ban the jehovah's witnesses, a decision that comes amid proceedings on a justice ministry suit to ban the religious organization in russia altogether.. jehovah's witnesses claim more than 170,000 adherents in russia.

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  "State news agency RIA Novosti says Russia's Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the city court in Birobidzhan to ban the Jehovah's Witnesses, a decision that comes amid proceedings on a Justice Ministry suit to ban the religious organization in Russia altogether."

  Where is Birobidzhan?

  Birobidzhan is a city found in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located 48.79 latitude and 132.92 longitude and it is situated at elevation 86 meters above sea level.
  

  Birobidzhan has a population of 76,146 making it the biggest city in Jewish Autonomous Oblast. It operates on the LMT time zone.
  

  Jewish Autonomous Oblast is a autonomous region found in the nation of Russia. Home to 190,915 people, it is the 80th largest division in Russia in terms of population.
  

  Jewish Autonomous Oblast gained its current status as a autonomous region in the year 1934. The government of Jewish Autonomous Oblast is lead by Aleksandr Levinthaland is based in the autonomous region capital of Birobidzhan (Population: 76,146).
  

  
  
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  Russia Supreme Court considers ban on Jehovah's Witnesses

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/06/russia-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-jehovah-witnesses.html.

  published april 06, 2017 .

  associated pressmoscow – state news agency ria novosti says russia's supreme court has upheld the decision of the city court in birobidzhan to ban the jehovah's witnesses, a decision that comes amid proceedings on a justice ministry suit to ban the religious organization in russia altogether.. jehovah's witnesses claim more than 170,000 adherents in russia.

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  http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/06/russia-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-jehovah-witnesses.html

  Published April 06, 2017
  

  Associated Press
  
  

  MOSCOW – State news agency RIA Novosti says Russia's Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the city court in Birobidzhan to ban the Jehovah's Witnesses, a decision that comes amid proceedings on a Justice Ministry suit to ban the religious organization in Russia altogether.
  

  Jehovah's Witnesses claim more than 170,000 adherents in Russia. The group, however, has come under increasing pressure over the past year, including a ban on distributing literature deemed to violate Russia's anti-extremism laws.
  

  Russian investigators inspected the religion's headquarters in St. Petersburg in February.
  

  David Semonian, a spokesman at its world headquarters in New York, said regarding the proposed national ban that the Jehovah's Witnesses hope "Russia's Supreme Court will uphold the rights of our fellow believers in Russia to freely carry out their peaceful worship."

  
  
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  TIME Magazine: Russian Supreme Court Considers Outlawing Jehovah's Witness Worship

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://time.com/4723456/jehovahs-witness-russia-supreme-court/.

  russian supreme court considers outlawing jehovah's witness worship.

  the russian supreme court could declare the jehovah's witnesses an extremist organization in a wednesday hearing, a move that would lead to the seizure of the church's headquarters near st. petersburg and the outlawing of the group’s organized worship.. in advance of the hearing, international concern has grown.

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  http://time.com/4723456/jehovahs-witness-russia-supreme-court/

  Russian Supreme Court Considers Outlawing Jehovah's Witness Worship

  The Russian Supreme Court could declare the Jehovah's Witnesses an extremist organization in a Wednesday hearing, a move that would lead to the seizure of the church's headquarters near St. Petersburg and the outlawing of the group’s organized worship.
  

  In advance of the hearing, international concern has grown. “If the Supreme Court rules in favour of the authorities, it will be the first such ruling by a court declaring a registered centralized religious organization to be ‘extremist,’” the UN human rights’ high commissioner's office said in a statement on Tuesday.
  

  The ruling would also cap off years of increased restrictions by the Russian Federation against minority religions. Last summer, Russia introduced an anti-terrorism law that also restricted evangelism, and a regional court ordered the deportation of six missionaries with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 2015, a court banned the Church of Scientology’s Moscow branch.
  

  Under a Russian law passed in 1997, there is freedom of religion, but four faiths are designated to be traditional—Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism—and other religious organizations must register with the government. Some groups, like Jehovah’s Witnesses, who are registered, still face bureaucratic and legal hurdles. Jehovah's Witness leaders estimate that there are 175,000 Russian-based adherents to the faith, which was founded in the United States the 1870s. Unlike Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians, Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Jesus is the son of God but do not believe in the Trinity.

  READ MORE: http://time.com/4723456/jehovahs-witness-russia-supreme-court/
  
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  NYTimes Article - Russia Moves to Ban Jehovah's Witnesses as 'Extremist'

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/europe/russia-moves-to-ban-jehovahs-witnesses-as-extremist.html?_r=0.

  vorokhobino, russia — a dedicated pacifist who has never even held a gun, andrei sivak discovered that his government considered him a dangerous extremist when he tried to change some money and the teller “suddenly looked up at me with a face full of fear.”.

  his name had popped up on the exchangalee bureau’s computer system, along with those of members of al qaeda, the islamic state and other militant groups responsible for shocking acts of violence.. the only group the 43-year-old father of three has ever belonged to, however, is jehovah’s witnesses, a christian denomination committed to the belief that the bible must be taken literally, particularly its injunction “thou shalt not kill.”.

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  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/europe/russia-moves-to-ban-jehovahs-witnesses-as-extremist.html?_r=0
  

  VOROKHOBINO, Russia — A dedicated pacifist who has never even held a gun, Andrei Sivak discovered that his government considered him a dangerous extremist when he tried to change some money and the teller “suddenly looked up at me with a face full of fear.”
  

  His name had popped up on the exchangalee bureau’s computer system, along with those of members of Al Qaeda, the Islamic State and other militant groups responsible for shocking acts of violence.
  

  The only group the 43-year-old father of three has ever belonged to, however, is Jehovah’s Witnesses, a Christian denomination committed to the belief that the Bible must be taken literally, particularly its injunction “Thou shalt not kill.”
  

  Yet, in a throwback to the days of the Soviet Union, when Jehovah’s Witnesses were hounded as spies and malcontents by the K.G.B., the denomination is at the center of an escalating campaign by the authorities to curtail religious groups that compete with the Russian Orthodox Church and that challenge President Vladimir V. Putin’s efforts to rally the country behind traditional and often militaristic patriotic values.

  READ MORE: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/europe/russia-moves-to-ban-jehovahs-witnesses-as-extremist.html?_r=0

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  KIRO 7 Local News - Washington State: Sexual abuse prevention may soon be taught in state schools

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/sexual-abuse-prevention-may-soon-be-taught-in-state-schools/505484071.

  sexual abuse prevention may soon be taught in state schools.

  by: amy clancy updated: mar 23, 2017 - 3:52 pm .

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  http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/sexual-abuse-prevention-may-soon-be-taught-in-state-schools/505484071
  

  Sexual abuse prevention may soon be taught in state schools
  

  by: Amy Clancy Updated: Mar 23, 2017 - 3:52 PM
  

  One in four American girls -- and one in six boys -- will be sexually abused by the time they turn 18, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
  

  Nearly all of those children are victimized by someone they know and trust.
  

  Erin Merryn told lawmakers in Olympia on Thursday that her first abuser was the uncle of a friend. He started raping her when she was 6 years old, during sleepovers.
  

  “I didn’t know the difference between safe and unsafe touch, safe and unsafe secrets,” she testified. “Did I know how to tell my mom the next morning when she picked me up? No. No one had educated me on it."
  

  Merryn was asked to speak to the House Committee on Education on behalf of Erin’s Law. Since 2010, Merryn has testified all over the country about the importance of adopting age-appropriate school curriculum that teaches children from kindergarten through grade 12 how to speak out about sexual abuse.

  As a result of her efforts, Erin's Law has been implemented in 28 states.

  READ MORE AND SEE VIDEO: http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/sexual-abuse-prevention-may-soon-be-taught-in-state-schools/505484071
  
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  Article: Duke makes organ transplants possible for Jehovah's Witnesses, others

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.wral.com/duke-makes-organ-transplants-possible-for-jehovah-s-witnesses-others/16587988/.

  duke makes organ transplants possible for jehovah's witnesses, others.

  march 16, 2017. durham, n.c. — according to the organ procurement and transplantation network, only about 2,600 donor hearts become available each year.

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  http://www.wral.com/duke-makes-organ-transplants-possible-for-jehovah-s-witnesses-others/16587988/

  Duke makes organ transplants possible for Jehovah's Witnesses, others
  

  March 16, 2017
  

  Durham, N.C. — According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, only about 2,600 donor hearts become available each year. At any given time, about 4,000 people are on a waiting list for a heart transplant.
  

  In the past, people with religious objections to blood transfusions refused this and other lifesaving procedures. But for many, the surgery is now possible without conflicting with faith.

  Raoul Gibson, 35, received a donor's heart at Duke Hospital last Valentine's Day. Normally, he would have had to refuse the lifesaving transplant, due to a certain tenet of his Jehovah's Witness faith.
  

  "The fact that I would not accept blood, blood transfusions, or any whole blood products," Gibson said.
  

  10 years ago, Duke began their Center for Blood Conservation. They developed a process for any surgery involving transfusions to control bleeding. Duke's Dr. Mani Daneshmand said they worked closely with Jehovah's Witness representatives.
  

  "This is accepted strategy for people of the Jehovah's Witness faith," Daneshmand said.

  READ MORE: http://www.wral.com/duke-makes-organ-transplants-possible-for-jehovah-s-witnesses-others/16587988/
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  Child Abuse Telememo

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  For those who are new on this board, I'm going to share the story about how the WT's Child Abuse Telememos came into our world.

  In 2007, when the WT settled 9 lawsuits with 16 victims for over $12.5M, I purchased all the court documents from many different court houses to post on my new website, created especially for the documents. The Child Abuse Telememo and other documents featured in this thread were part of a California court case, but not permitted in public domain in that state. However, Attorneys Love & Norris, who I was voluntarily assisting for four years, used them as exhibits in an Oregon case that was part of the 9 lawsuits. Exhibits attached to a filed court document become public domain so when I purchased all the case records, I found the Telememos and other extraordinary letters and forms. I also was sent by mistake secret settlement papers from one California court house. It was the discovery of all this material that opened the way for me to be on NBC Nightly News, November 21, 2007. http://watchtowerdocuments.org/media-room/ Scroll down to NBC Nightly News – Jehovah’s Witnesses Child Sexual Abuse.

  Also, at that link there's a Nashville Tennessee TV news program on Channel 4 – that discussed my finds - titled, Jehovah´s Witnesses Settle 9 Lawsuits, which can be watched. That video can be found under the NBC Nightly News video.

  In addition, this is the link directly to the NBC Nightly News program: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/21919076#21919076
  

  And the following excellent article appeared on MSNBC Internet website explaining the details of the discovery:
  

  http://watchtowerdocuments.org/new-evidence-in-jehovahs-witness-allegations-msnbc/
  

  Mentioned in that article was the Commentary I wrote about all of the discoveries among the 5,000 court pages I purchased and about how I put everything on a CD which I named, Secrets of Pedophilia in an American Religion. It cost us approximately $5,000. to purchase all the documents. When I sold $5,000 worth of CD's I then posted all of the documents and my Commentary on my website to be downloaded for free from then on. You can read the whole story here:
  

  http://watchtowerdocuments.org/free-downloadable-files/secrets-of-pedophilia-in-an-american-religion/

  Having these documents on my website is how attorney Irwin Zalkin came into our world. He primarily handled Catholic child abuse lawsuits but one day a former JW, who was molested by a JW elder, came to the Zalkin Law Firm in San Diego and told his story. Irwin agreed to handle the case. When he was in need of certain information about the Watchtower's policies and practices, he searched the Internet hoping to locate something that would help him. He Googled, Watchtower documents and up popped my website. After reading all the compiled documents from the 2007 settled cases, he called me and the rest of the story is now history.

  FYI, the Australian Royal Commission was informed quite a few years ago, early in their investigation into the Watchtower's cover-up of child abuse, about the Child Abuse Telememo and all the other documents that were discovered in those 5,000 pages of court records, so no need to be concerned that they didn't know about the damning material. It was this information that convinced them of WT's involvement in the child abuse scandal, but they needed material from Australia to make their case against the WT of Australia branch.

  Hope this information is helpful.

  Barbara
  
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  Article: Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse to change two-witness rule because ‘that’s our stand’

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/jehovahs-witnesses-refuse-to-change-twowitness-rule-because-thats-our-stand/news-story/ee1f5bdd2561d99f6d1f608f039ee200.

  jehovah’s witnesses refuse to change two-witness rule because ‘that’s our stand’.

  rohan smithnews.com.au.

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  http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/jehovahs-witnesses-refuse-to-change-twowitness-rule-because-thats-our-stand/news-story/ee1f5bdd2561d99f6d1f608f039ee200

  Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse to change two-witness rule because ‘that’s our stand’
  

  Rohan Smithnews.com.au
  

  March 15, 2017

  CHILD sexual assault is a secret crime carried out by men and women who do everything they can to avoid detection.

  Which is why one passage in the Bible is a Get Out of Jail Free card for offenders, particularly when adhered to so strictly by those within religious organisations.

  Timothy 5:19: demands followers “do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses”.

  It’s a message echoed in Matthew 18:16: that reads, among other things, “ ... at the mouth of two or three witnesses every matter may be established”.

  The two passages became the focus this week of a royal commission into institutional child sexual abuse within the Jehovah’s Witness church in Australia, of which there are 65,000 followers.

  READ MORE: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/jehovahs-witnesses-refuse-to-change-twowitness-rule-because-thats-our-stand/news-story/ee1f5bdd2561d99f6d1f608f039ee200

  
  
  
  
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  ATTENTION: Any folks posting here that are XJWs and live in PUERTO RICO, or did reside there & know of XJWs to contact, please PM me

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  there is an opportunity for victims of child abuse and/or shunning to speak out publicly in puerto rico.

  please pm me through jwn or contact me through my website, watchtower documents, if you want to participate.

  or if you have information to share which can help us fill our need to talk to such persons, please contact me.. thank you,.

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  There is an opportunity for victims of child abuse and/or shunning to speak out publicly in Puerto Rico. Please PM me through JWN or contact me through my website, Watchtower Documents, if you want to participate. Or if you have information to share which can help us fill our need to talk to such persons, please contact me.

  Thank you,

  Barbara