Authorities Raid Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses

Authorities raided homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses in northern Russia as part of a criminal probe into extremism against the banned religious organization, investigators said in a statement Monday.

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Montenegro's parliament approves religion law despite protests

Under the law, religious communities in the tiny Adriatic state would need to prove property ownership from before 1918, when predominantly Orthodox Christian Montenegro joined the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the predecessor of the now-defunct Yugoslavia.

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Russia Detains 2 Jehovah’s Witnesses on Christmas

Authorities in northwestern Russia have detained what they say are two branch leaders of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious group, investigators said Wednesday. They accused the unnamed 45-year-old and 67-year-old of “organizing extremist activity” in the form of religious services in the city of Vologda.

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Learn the answers to the following subjects and many more.

• Are We Living in “the Last Days”?
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US Bill Accuses Russia Of Religious Freedom Violations In Crimea

The legislation accuses Russia of religious freedom violations that target Muslim Crimean Tatars, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, as well as Protestant Christians and Jehovah's Witnesses sect in Donbas.

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Putin’s directive on Jehovah's Witnesses imminent

Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon give instructions after the December meeting with members of the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights and one of them concerns Jehovah's Witnesses, a religious organization outlawed in Russia.

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Russia Is Stepping Up Its Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses

In a drab apartment building in outer Moscow, seven adults and two small children crowded around a computer screen and sang a hymn as quietly as they could.

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Russia : Jehovah's Witnesses, in particular, have been targeted

In the past, you've suggested that you didn't support how the Jehovah's Witnesses were being targeted. And yet, just this week, a Jehovah's Witness in Penza was sentenced to six years in prison under the law. Why are law enforcement agencies targeting religious groups like this?

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Tajikistan : Imprisonment of Conscientious Objectors

TIER 1 | USCIRF-RECOMMENDED COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN (CPC) Tajikistan provides no exemptions for conscientious objection. In April 2018, Daniil Islamov—a Jehovah’s Witness—was released from prison after serving out a six-month sentence for refusing military service

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Christmas pagan celebration: Jehovah Witnesses

A Christian sect, the Jehovah’s Witnesses is shunning worldwide frenetic preparations for Christmas, meant to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The group banned in Russia dismisses Christmas as a pagan celebration.

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TAJIKISTAN: Jehovah's Witness prisoner denied Bible

Despite Tajikistan's binding international obligations under the United Nations (UN) Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, no arrests or prosecutions appear to have taken place against officials who tortured Jehovah's Witnesses, Protestants, or followers of other beliefs.

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How Russia Is Stepping Up Its Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses

A chilly November weeknight in a drab apartment building in outer Moscow, seven adults and two small children crowded around a computer screen and sang a hymn as quietly as they could.

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Jehovah Witness Building Must Pay NYC Water And Sewer Charges

Some organizations within the City of New York have a unusual benefit – they are exempted from having to pay for water and sewer charges. Religious organizations are entitled to the benefit if the water and sewerage they use is in real estate used in a public place of worship.

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Persecution Against Jehovah’s Witnesses Escalates in China

For the first time, the article of the Criminal Code against xie jiao (“heterodox teachings”) is used in Xinjiang to indict 18 Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Russia moves to ban Jehovah‘s Witnesses as extremists like Al-Qaida, ISIS

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.”

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Russian court sends Jehovah’s Witness to prison for 6 years

The court in Oryol on Wednesday found Dennis Christensen, who was leading the local Bible reading, guilty of extremism, making him the first Jehovah’s Witness in Russia to have been sent to prison.

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Reward for Thurston County Jehovah's Witnesses attacks increased

There have been seven attacks on Kingdom and Assembly Halls in Thurston County since March 2018.

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Heavy prison sentence against Russian Jehovah’s Witness

A Russian court has sentenced 55-year-old Vladimir Alushkin to six years’ imprisonment for supposed ‘extremist activities’, namely reading the Bible and practising his faith.

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U.S. congressmen want to punish Russia for violations of religious freedom

According to the bill, for purposes of making a determination of whether to designate Russia as a country of particular concern for religious freedom

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Russia: Six Jehovah's Witnesses given prison sentences

One man became the second Jehovah's Witness to receive a six year prison sentence in Russia in the last two months. Moscow has outlawed the fringe Christian group, saying they are dangerous extremists.

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UZBEKISTAN: Obstacles, pressure, bribe demands obstruct legal status applications

The official claimed, in his speech addressing the Protestants in the meeting, that the "reason you have difficulty gaining registration for your communities is the Jehovah's Witnesses. It is because the local authorities cannot distinguish between Christians and Jehovah's Witnesses."

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Witnesses’ website beats Facebook

Move aside Facebook and Twitter. The record for most translated website belonged to JW.org, the official site of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Preached at in Pukekura Park

Until something out of the ordinary happens, we don't much notice some things around us, like traffic, noise, tides, scenery, the routines of life.

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Dominic Blackwell, one of Jehovah's Witnesses, slain in Saugus High shooting

Dominic Michael Blackwell used to join his mother, a Jehovah’s Witness, for her Saturday morning walks around Santa Clarita, preaching to their neighbors.

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Jehovah's Witnesses start bumper weekend in Ballarat

ALMOST 2000 Jehovah's Witnesses have been exploring Ballarat's key tourist spots ahead of a global convention in Melbourne.

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Jehovah’s Witness Cancer Patient and Blood Transfusions

Boy, 14, and mother would not consent to doctors to perform transfusion because of their religion, but said they would respect law.

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Verdicts vary for Jehovah’s Witnesses refusing conscription

Jehovah’s Witnesses refusing mandatory military service have regularly been found guilty or not guilty of evading conscription based on whether they had “true faith.”

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Jehovah's Witnesses driven out of school in Batam

Two students refused to salute the national flag and sing the anthem, acts their faith deems idolatrous. For the local education agency, this “is against our obligation as Indonesians.”

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Holocaust Survivor: A Jehovah’s Witness Tale

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jewish people by the Nazi Party between 1941 and 1945. Nazi Germany systematically murdered six million Jewish people throughout German-occupied Europe.

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Jehovah's Witnesses mark online milestone

On Nov. 4 jw.org, the official website of Jehovah’s Witnesses, reached an unprecedented translation milestone — it now includes articles, videos and audio content available in 1,000 languages, including 100 sign languages.

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Most translated site: Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses official website, jw.org, is available in 1,004 languages, surpassing Google Translate, Facebook ang Wikipedia.

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New Jehovah's Witness hall opens

Last fall, Perkins Township trustees approved the site plan before construction began April 30. The 1-story, 3,000 square-foot building opened Oct. 20. The new Kingdom Hall is at 5014 Hayes Ave. at West Bogart Road.

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Russia jails Jehovah's Witness adherent for six years over extremism

A Russian court jailed a Jehovah’s Witness adherent for six years on Friday after finding him guilty of extremist activity, part of a crackdown on the group that human rights activists say violates religious freedom.

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Orthodox Church’s battle against Jehovah's Witnesses

The fight against sectarian extremism, in the inter-Christian and interreligious field, is one of the most urgent concerns of the Russian Orthodox Church. This is why it has insisted on a law that prohibits "unregistered" activities, such as preaching in the street and in homes, typical of movements such as Jehovah's Witnesses.

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FYI - California requiring all public schools to teach LGBTQ history - video

LGBTQ civil rights to be added to Maryland curriculum; Kristin Fisher reports.

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FYI - California governor signs bill requiring medication for abortion at public colleges

The College Student Right to Access Act requires that public colleges in California -- the University of California and California State University systems -- that have student health centers on campus also make available medication abortion.

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RUSSIA: Jehovah's Witness criminal cases - list

A total of 237 Jehovah's Witnesses are now believed to be facing criminal prosecution under the Extremism Law for exercising their freedom of religion and belief, as raids, arrests, and interrogations continue across Russia. Another eight have already been convicted.

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Mandatory Bible reading in schools could violate Constitution – lawyer

Making Bible reading mandatory in all public elementary and secondary schools will be a violation of the Constitution, an education advocate on Friday said.

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Conscientious objectors banned from leaving

Three Jehovah's Witnesses returning to Transdniester to visit family were called up for military service in May, and banned from leaving. "I've been living with this uncertainty for nearly half a year, unable to leave, work or relax,"

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FYI - Transgender people and suicide

Trans people are more at risk of suicide than heterosexual people and lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. Studies and surveys have shown many transgender people have thought about and attempted suicide

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The Jehovah's Witness, Kenya, China connection.

Earlier this year, An, a young Chinese professional living in Nairobi, heard a knock at the door. She was expec­ting no one. She had moved in a couple of months earlier, and none of her friends would visit unannounced.

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Pediatrics 2000 Sued by EEOC for Firing Employee Who Requested Religious Accommodation

"[T]his is your last day of employment. We can't tolerate religious privileges from anyone."

Pediatrics 2000, which provides pediatric health services at two locations in Manhattan, unlawfully fired an employee who asked to be excused from attending a company party as a religious accommodation

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Missionaries Deported to “Resist Religious Infiltration”

Jehovah’s Witnesses are also among the targeted groups. In mid-May, the police in a city of the southeastern province of Jiangxi raided an apartment rented by a South Korean Jehovah’s Witnesses missionary.

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Burglars ram open Jehovah's Witness Hall in Walsall

Burglars rammed a van through the gates of a Jehovah's Witness Hall in Walsall then smashed their way into the building.

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FYI - Queen Rocks Gown As He's Crowned High School Homecoming Royalty

Memphis, Tennessee, high school student Brandon Allen gives the title of “homecoming queen” new meaning. The White Station High School senior was crowned Homecoming Royalty on Friday night ― and accepted his title in a fabulous gold sequin gown.

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FYI - French toy makers sign pact to end gender stereotypes in toys

French toy makers have signed a pact to rid games and toys of gender stereotypes, which many blame for the low ratio of women to men in maths and science based careers.

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FYI - Third of RE teachers say parents are pulling children out of classes

Some 20% reported that it was because the family were Muslim, Jehovah's Witnesses or another religion.FO

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AZERBAIJAN: Large fine amid continuing religious censorship

When police detain Jehovah's Witnesses on the street as they share their faith with others, they often seize any religious literature they find. Jehovah's Witnesses note 17 such detentions between September 2018 and August 2019 in Baku and eight other cities or towns.

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Majority of hotel rooms already booked for Jehovah’s Witnesses convention next year

If you’re looking to book a hotel room for the third week of June next year, the Medicine Hat Accommodation Association says you need to start booking right now.

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American Atheists upset with Jehovah’s Witnesses.

You can read this with a smile because you know both the short term outcome and the long term outcome (ed.)

But American Atheists spiked the guns this deplorable organisation last weekend when it set up stalls outside of two DMV centres in Richmond, Virginia, which are regularly haunted by the JWs.

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FYI - Transgender man who gave birth wants . . .

A transgender man who does not want to be described as the “mother” of his baby on a birth certificate has lost his legal fight to be recognised as the father.

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FYI -- Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Maryland’s conversion therapy ban

A federal judge has thrown out a psychotherapist’s lawsuit challenging Maryland’s ban on treating minors with conversion therapy, the practice of trying to change a client’s homosexual orientation.

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Planners approve meeting hall for Jehovah's Witnesses

A RELIGIOUS group in the New Forest has been given permission to replace their current place of worship which is "inefficient" and does not meet the requirements of all the congregation. The current Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Holbury was built in the 1920s as a utility building for pumping town gas to residents' properties.

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FYI - Religious Liberty, gender dysphoria and California

Yesterday, the California Court of Appeals issued a truly remarkable opinion in a truly remarkable case. It held that a Catholic hospital could indeed face legal liability for failing to perform a hysterectomy as part of a female-to-male “transition” — even though its policy broadly bans sterilization surgery generally (not just for trans individuals) and even though the hospital referred the patient to a non-Catholic facility in the same network.

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FyI - India Is Planning a Facial Recognition Program

India is planning to set up one of the world’s largest facial recognition systems, potentially a lucrative opportunity for surveillance companies and a nightmare for privacy advocates who fear it will lead to a Chinese-style Orwellian state.

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FYI - United Methodists float plans to split denomination after LGBTQ vote

The United Methodist Church’s deadline for petitions for its next global meeting passed Wednesday (Sept. 18), setting the terms for a final reckoning with LGBTQ issues that have divided the denomination for more than 40 years.

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Tamworth: free Jehovah's Witness convention begins on Friday

MORE than 3000 people will descend on the city this weekend for the start of a huge religious convention. The Jehovah's Witness convention begins on Friday at TRECC covering the theme "love never fails".

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Russia widens Jehovah's Witnesses crackdown with new jailings

Russia has widened a crackdown against Jehovah’s Witnesses, jailing six adherents of the Christian denomination for extremism in a move rights activists said was unjust and flouted religious freedom.

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Russian persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses, compared with NAZI's

“Perhaps it makes sense to compare the current situation with the state of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Nazi Germany,” Lev Ponomaryov, who heads the For Human Rights NGO, wrote in a blog for the Ekho Moskvy radio station Thursday.

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Russia Named in List of 50 Countries in Which Christians Face Persecution

Jehovah’s Witnesses faced nationwide raids and arrests after the Russian Supreme Court declared the organization extremist in 2017.

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6 Jehovah’s Witnesses Jailed For ‘Extremism’ in Russia

A court in southern Russia has found six Jehovah’s Witnesses guilty of “extremism” and sentenced them to prison terms between two and three and a half years Thursday.

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Today's funny quote 9/20/19

Recognition and Ridicule, the first sign of a troubled conscience.

The line snaking through the deafening, dripping bowels of Union Station, waiting to squeeze up the stairs to Madison Street, can take an eternity. When you finally break the surface, into light and air, one more hurdle awaits: the permanent pair of Jehovah’s Witnesses hoping to break you on their rack of literature.

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A Quarter Century Jehovah's Witness Unjustly Imprisoned in Eritrea

Eritrea is the center point of some of the most intense persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in modern times. As of September 17, 2019, three of the Witnesses, Paulos Eyasu, Isaac Mogos, and Negede Teklemariam, have been unjustly incarcerated for 25 years. In addition, 39 men and 10 women who are Witnesses are also imprisoned.

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Jehovah's Witnesses plans for Kingdom Halls in Estepona and Marbella

The Jehovah's Witness communities in Marbella and Estepona are awaiting the handover of two pieces of land from the local councils in those two resorts in order to build their planned Kingdom Halls.

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What does Hallelujah Mean?

Hallelujah is an English interjection derived from a Hebrew phrase meaning “praise God” or “praise the Lord.” The alternate spelling alleluia is taken from the Latin form of the original Hebrew. For both Jews and Christians, the term is often used as a joyful expression of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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Largest convention in the history of Miami : Jehovah's Witnesses

The volunteers come from all walks of life – bankers, lawyers, students – taking assignments to make the convention that served about 60,000, including regional conventions tied in electronically, successfully at Marlins Stadium.

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Man arrested, disrupts Jehovah's Witnesses convention

A man who police say disrupted the convention of Jehovah's Witnesses held in Rochester during the weekend now faces multiple charges.

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Jehovah's Witnesses gather at TU convention

A Tulsa man in attendance at the 2019 Global Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses at the University of Tulsa on Friday said that when he returns the next day, his life will be changed forever.

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Phoenix Jehovah's Witnesses event

With a message of “Love Never Fails,” thousands of people, including representatives from more than 41 countries, arrived in Phoenix earlier this week for the international convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Jehovah's Witnesses act on call to show love

A month of conventions drew to a close here Sunday with a crowd of 3,300 Jehovah’s Witnesses standing side by side and singing “Unfailing Love” and a minister encouraging them to return that love – not just to their lord but to each other and the communities around them.

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Nigeria, Jehovah's Witnesses Preach Love

The Friday programme will address how love can help people surmount obstacles such as a troubled upbringing, chronic illness, or poverty.

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Swaziland Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses

One of the largest global conventions in 2019, spanning six continents and over 200 countries and presented in over 400 languages will be coming to the Kingdom of Eswatini on September 20-22, 2019.

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Eritrea:Jehovah’s Witnesses maltreatment

Jehovah’s Witnesses have frowned against the ongoing mistreatment of their members in Eritrea. According to them, as at now, there are 52 Witnesses imprisoned.

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Tormented Jehovah’s Witnesses Missionaries Leave China

Believers from South Korea are packing their things and get ready to go home to escape CCP’s persecutions and harassment they face every day because of their faith.

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FYI -- "Drag Queen Storytime" and the backlash

The Houston Public Library admitted Friday that one of its "Drag Queen Storytime" storytellers was a registered child sex offender. The library said in a statement it "failed to complete a background check as required,"

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Funny quote for Today

we secretly hoped that knock at the door wouldn’t be a Jehovah’s Witness

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TAJIKISTAN: Pensioner jailed until August 2026

In a closed hearing in prison, a judge in Khujand on 10 September jailed 68-year-old Jehovah's Witness Shamil Khakimov for seven years, six months in strict regime custody for "inciting religious hatred".

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TURKMENISTAN: Fourth known 2019 conscientious objector jailing

An Ashgabad court jailed 20-year-old Jehovah's Witness Azat Ashirov for two years on 31 July for refusing compulsory military service on grounds of conscience. He had set out his objections in writing and offered to perform an alternative civilian service. Instead prosecutors claimed he had evaded his obligation fraudulently.

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Suspects sought in attacks on Jehovah’s Witnesses halls

Officials are still searching for suspects in a string of arsons and a gunfire attack on Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Halls in Thurston and Pierce counties.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Release Revised New World Translation in Czech and Slovak

The revised New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released in the Czech and Slovak languages on September 7, 2019. The Bibles were released by Brother Stephen Lett, a member of the Governing Body, at a special meeting held in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

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Russia vows to retaliate US sanctions

Moscow will expand in a retaliatory move the list of U.S. citizens for whom the entry to Russia is limited, a country’s top diplomat said on Wednesday.

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FYI -- Schism coming to Catholic Church ?

Pope Francis said he does not fear a schism within the Roman Catholic Church, as criticism grows among conservatives of his liberal views on migrants, the protection of the environment and giving communion to divorcees.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses preach love for a peaceful world

Kumasi Convention

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Russia vows to retaliate US sanctions

Washington blacklists 2 employees of Russian Investigative Committee for alleged violation of rights of religious group

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Jehovah’s Witnesses convention highlights the enduring quality of Love

The first week in the much-advertised and anticipated series of “Love Never Fails” 2019 conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses kicked off last weekend (August 30, 2019) with the Convention Chairman, Ayodele Adesogan, presenting the theme: “Love Never Fails”​—Why?”

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Hundreds of Jehovah’s witnesses swell Rarotonga population for regional gathering

Rarotonga’s Jehovah’s Witnesses following swelled from 300 to 1700 at the weekend as brothers and sisters from all over the world gathered for a regional convention in Avarua.

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U.S. Blacklists 2 Russians for ‘Torturing’ Jehovah’s Witnesses

The U.S. also called on Russia to release “over 200 individuals it currently has imprisoned for exercising their freedom of religion or belief.” Among them is Denis Christensen, a Danish citizen and the first Jehovah’s Witness to be convicted of “extremism” in Russia.

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Reward increased for info in Jehovah's Witnesses attacks

The FBI on Friday added $25,000 to the reward fund, bringing the total reward to $61,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the attacks, said Jason Chudy of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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Tajik Jehovah's Witness Given 'Unjust' Prison Sentence For 'Religious Hatred'

A court in Tajikistan's northeastern city of Khujand has sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to 7 1/2 years in prison after finding him guilty of inciting religious hatred.

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Attacking Jehovah’s Witnesses Halls Outside The Seattle Area - video

Multiple attacks on houses of worship belonging to the Jehovah’s Witnesses in western Washington state are likely linked, federal officials say.

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FYI -- What Does The Bible Say About The Meaning Of Christmas

Soon enough it'll be time to break out the ornaments, but there's more to Christmas than decor. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The time of a world covered in white, singing cheery songs and of course, presents.

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Has Jehovah’s Witnesses changed its rule on blood transfusion? Fake News.

Have you heard? It is being reported that Jehovah’s Witness issued a circular that members can now receive blood transfusions. One of the popular doctrines associated with this denomination, which has distinct beliefs from mainstream Christianity, is the rejection of blood transfusions.

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Juvenile threatens Jehovah's Witness in Beaver Dam

Dodge County sheriff's officials say a juvenile is responsible for threats made to Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness in Beaver Dam.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Preach Love In Hate-Filled World

The Friday programme will address how love can help people surmount obstacles such as a troubled upbringing, chronic illness, or poverty.

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FINLAND: CHRISTIAN MP UNDER POLICE HATE CRIME INVESTIGATION AFTER POSTING BIBLE VERSE

A Christian MP in Finland is under a police hate crime investigation after she posted an image of Bible verses and questioned why the country’s Evangelical Lutheran Church was supporting LGBT pride events.

Important Religious Liberty Decision

A federal appeals court has ruled for the first time that religious believers can invoke the First Amendment when declining to participate in same-sex weddings.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses adopt assistive listening tech

Temple Farm is a new 84-acre UK headquarters for the International Bible Students Association (IBSA) located near Chelmsford, Essex. The site has up to 1,000 volunteer workers per day alongside a small number of . . .

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Federal Court Strikes Blow for Free Speech and Religious Freedom

Earlier today, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutional order, limited the reach of expansive nondiscrimination laws, and protected a Christian couple from having to choose between their business and their conscience.

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FYI - Greenland’s glaciers are actually growing ?

NASA studies from 2016 show that the Antarctic is accumulating more ice every year. On average, the South Pole is gaining between 82 and 112 billion tons of ice per year.

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What's up with "Drag Queen Storytime" ?

A registered child sex offender has been reading to children at Houston Public Library as part of its Drag Queen Storytime. A group called Mass Resistance, which has been trying to put an end to the program, contacted KHOU about the child sex offender.

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She Found Her Grandfather's Fortune

Before 18 year old GuiFeng's grandfather died, his deathbed wishes changed the course of her life. He regretted not having a monetary inheritance to give. In fact, it had been taken. But

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Jehovah’s Witnesses brought message of love to St. Louis

It is ironic that Jehovah’s Witnesses have often been persecuted for their political neutrality. They have accomplished, without politics, what politics is supposed to produce — a well-functioning, diverse community.

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Revamped Watchtower Complex

For decades, the inside of Brooklyn’s famed Watchtower building was mostly hidden from public view — a private space that was the Jehovah's Witnesses' global headquarters. Now, three years after . . .

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Montego Bay Convention Centre hosts Jehovah's Witnesses 'Love Never Fails' conventions

Scores of Jehovah's Witnesses from western Jamaica and other parts of the island, as well as Europe, the USA and Canada, will tomorrow begin the final in a series of three-day conventions that began last weekend at Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St James.

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Neighbor Next Door: Jehovah's Witnesses - video

Robert Hendriks, spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses explains their religion and discusses an upcoming convention in Houston.

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Jailed Danish Jehovah’s Witness Accuses Russian Guards of Planting Knife

A Danish Jehovah’s Witness jailed in Russia on extremism charges has accused prison guards of “planting” a knife and then filming its discovery in his cell, the religious organization said.

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Jehovah's Witnesses, Largest Conventions In Over 400 Languages, 200 Countries

One of the largest global conventions in 2019, spanning six continents and over 200 countries and presented in over 400 languages, will be coming to Lagos and surrounding cities between the weekends of August 30 and December 20.

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Downed trees destroy multiple homes, injure one Charlotte woman

The Sotelo’s say they’re overwhelmed with gratitude for two congregations coming to help them move everything out of their home. “I am Jehovah’s Witness and I give thanks to God and our brotherhood as a family," said Sotelo.

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Armenian priests promote the Good News by their example.

Many times actions do speak quite a bit louder than words. In this case it was the un-Christian combativeness of two Armenian priests that led to the Truth to be spread in a town in Armenia.

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Are Jehovah's Witnesses Extremists?

Indeed, in early May 2019, there were 186 Jehovah’s Witnesses facing criminal charges for practicing their faith in Russia. “On Combating Extremist Activity”, extremism is defined as “propaganda of exclusivity, superiority or inferiority of a person on the basis of their religious affiliation or attitude toward religion.”

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Religion restrictions increase

Government restrictions on religion have increased markedly in many places around the world, not only in authoritarian countries, but also in many of Europe’s democracies, according to a report surveying 198 countries that was released Monday. Pew said the biggest increase in religious hostility by individuals occurred in Europe. Victims of violence, in incidents cited in the report, include Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ukraine and a rabbi and a Muslim woman in Belgium.

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Parents, family of Jordan Anchondo say goodbye to young mother of three

The young mother, only 24, was killed in the mass shooting at the Eastside Walmart a week ago along with her husband Andre Anchondo, as they tried to protect their 2-month-old son Paul.

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Accused of “Foreign Infiltration,” Japanese Jehovah’s Witnesses Deported

CCP is surveilling and arresting foreign missionaries across China as part of a nationwide campaign, forcing believers to meet in hiding and conceal their faith.

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Suspicious package left at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Scottsdale

Several streets were closed down in Scottsdale while police investigated a suspicious package left at a Jehovah's Witness house of worship on Thursday night.

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Russian human rights advocates check reports on torture of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has met in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area with the Jehovah's Witnesses adepts, who had earlier complained of tortures, the advisory body’s press service reports.

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A juvenile threatened to blow up the congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

Two elders of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness in Beaver Dam received separate text messages threatening that their congregation and other meetings would be blown up Sunday.

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Hospital Backs Down Over Teenage Jehovah’s Witness Refusal Of Blood Transfusion

Hospital bosses have halted High Court litigation and agreed that a teenage Jehovah’s Witness should not be treated with blood products against his will.

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UK academic faces dismissal over criticism of LGBT training in universities

A UK lecturer, who claims she’s been branded a transphobe by students after signing an open letter to the Sunday Times that criticized LGBT training, insists she will not “recant” her signature despite the risk of being fired.

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Mysterious freshwater reservoir found hidden beneath the ocean

(Genesis 7:11) 11 In the 600th year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the 17th day of the month, on that day all the springs of the vast watery deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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Teen Who Said There Are Two Genders Suspended from School

The 17-year-old sparked a debate about free speech and Britain’s “progressive” education system last week after he shared a three-minute film of his teacher telling him that he could not say that there are only males and females because it was not “inclusive” to say so.

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US removes Uzbekistan from list of countries with worst religious tolerance

The United States has removed Uzbekistan from a list of countries with the worst religious tolerance for the first time in more than a decade, RFE/RL reported. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on June 21 highlighted the progress made by the Central Asian nation as he delivered the annual U.S. report on international religious freedom.

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CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES REGIONAL CONVENTION

SeaGate Centre welcomes the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses 2019 Regional Convention on July 26-28 and August 2-4.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses gather in Penticton

Upwards of 3,500 people are expected in Penticton this weekend for the annual Global Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The event, to be held at the South Okanagan Events Centre, is one of hundreds staged around the world for the 8.6 million followers of the religion.

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"LOVE NEVER FAILS"! 2019 Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Discover how love can help you cope with adversity, unite your family, find supportive friends, become a better person, and draw close to God.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Congregate In Downtown Long Beach

About 8,000 Jehovah's Witnesses are expected to pack the Long Beach Arena this Friday through Sunday for a regional convention.

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Global Jehovah's Witness Convention Impacts Fort Smith

The Global Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses visits Fort Smith, bringing an estimated 26,000 people along with it. The program kicks off today, and will last three days, concluding on Sunday. Admission is free for anyone that would like to attend.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses in Xinjiang: How To Become a Xie Jiao

The indictments of a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses confirms that Art. 300 of the Chinese Criminal Code is enforced against those who did not commit any crime other than spreading their beliefs.

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Jehovah Witness convention brings thousands of visitors to South Okanagan

It will be a busy weekend in Penticton as the Peach City Beach Cruise brings in tourists and one of the largest convention’s for Jehovah’s Witnesses will have an anticipated attendance of 3,500 people. Organizers of the convention, with the theme Love Never Fails, is one of the largest global conventions in 2019.

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Crackdown on Christians in Eritrea

Cracking down on Catholic Church activities, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of Orthodox and Christian congregation members in Eritrea, prompted a call from a UN independent rights expert on Friday

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Horns are growing on young people's skulls. Phone use is to blame.

New research in biomechanics suggests that young people are developing hornlike spikes at the back of their skulls - bone spurs caused by the forward tilt of the head, which shifts weight from the spine to the muscles at the back of the head, causing bone growth in the connecting tendons and ligaments.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Hunted down and Deported

Not only are Jehovah’s Witnesses facing a severe crackdown in China, but the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is also supporting other countries’ similar crackdowns. As Bitter Winter reported earlier this month, a Russian court sentenced Danish citizen Dennis Christensen, a Jehovah’s Witness, to six years in prison for extremism.

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A single picket in support of Jehovah's Witnesses

Civil activist Asya Shulbaeva went on a single picket in support of members of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization. “Jehovah's Witnesses” is an organization that is banned and recognized as extremist in Russia.

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Chebotarev: Jehovah's Witnesses are tried unfairly

“Jehovah’s Witnesses are being tried illegally,” said lawyer Jan Chebotarev on our radio station. According to him, the continuation of the activities of a previously recognized extremist organization, namely, the Supreme Court named such a 2017 in Jehovah's Witnesses, and following the faith are two different things that were confused by law enforcement officers:

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AMA Says Mature 12-Year-Olds Can Consent to Vaccination Without Parents

At the recently concluded annual meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) in Chicago, AMA delegates adopted a doozy of a new policy. The powerful trade group agreed to develop model legislation that pressures state legislatures into allowing minors to “override refusenik parents on vaccination.”

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Jehovah's Witnesses from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo

Mukeshimana, along with her parents and two brothers, found a familiar faith in Knoxville. As Jehovah's Witnesses from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, they attend services at the Kingdom Hall on Harris Road in East Knox County — in Swahili.

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The Last Residents of the Hotel Bossert

Follow the sounds and you’ll reach the apartment of 88-year-old Daisy Diamontopulos and her daughter, Elana, two of just five rent-stabilized tenants living in the otherwise empty, freshly renovated boutique hotel.

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Jehovah’s Witness receives bloodless heart valve repair, MercyOne Siouxland

“I’ve been performing bloodless heart surgery for over 20 years now,” said Dr. Giovanni Ciuffo, MercyOne Siouxland Medical Director of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, “All Jehovah’s Witness congregation in the country use me as a nationally refer center.

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78-Year-Old Jehovah’s Witness Prosecuted in Russia

Authorities in northern Russia have opened a criminal case against a 78-year-old woman for being a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the religious organization has said.

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UN concerned’ over Jehovah’s Witness sentencing in Russia

The sentencing in Russia of a Danish Jehovah’s Witness on Thursday to six years in prison on charges of “organising the activity of a banned extremist organisation” has been described as a “dangerous precedent” by the UN human rights chief.

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Supreme Court and Oregon's Lesbian Wedding Cake Dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling against the owners of an Oregon bakery who refused based on their Christian beliefs to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in another case pitting gay rights against religious rights. Read Newsmax: Supreme Court Sends Lesbian Wedding Cake Dispute Back to Lower Court | Newsmax.com Urgent: Do you approve of Pres. Trump? Vote Here in Poll

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Vatican comes out in condemnation of LGBTQP,

The modern Roman Catholic Church is finally taking a definitive stand in support of natural biology, having recently released a 31-page document entitled, “Male and Female: He Created Them” that basically condemns the Cult of LGBTQP

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$160 Million Paid So Far in 2019 for Vaccine Injuries and Deaths

The NVICP (National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program) was started as a result of a law passed in 1986 that gave pharmaceutical companies legal immunity from being sued due to injuries and deaths resulting from vaccines.

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Libraries Respond: Drag Queen Story Hour

Many libraries across the country have been hosting or participating in Drag Queen Story Hours. A few have experienced pushback from some members of their community.

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Teen Vogue promotes prostitution to an audience of minors,

Teen Vogue wants you to know that when you grow up, you can be anything you want to be — even a prostitute.

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Public health officials in New Hampshire publicly admit that MMR vaccine causes measles

Tests conducted by local health authorities, who likely weren’t pleased with what they found, determined that individual one became ill as a consequence of being vaccinated with MMR

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The Church of Artificial Intelligence

Former Google executive Anthony Levandowski has filed IRS paperwork to establish an official religion devoted to technology. Not only will this bizarre religion worship scientific progress, but it will also worship artificial intelligence and create a “godhead.”

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Russian Court did not allow Jehovah’s Witnesses to work to support families

The Kirov Regional Court refused to soften the measure of restraint for three Jehovah's Witnesses Vladimir Korobeinikov, Yevgeny and Andrey Suvorkov. The defendants asked the court to replace house arrest with a written undertaking not to leave the place or to prohibit certain actions.

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Torture of Surgut "Jehovah's Witnesses"

The case of torture of Surgut followers of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization banned in Russia will be dealt with by the head office of the IC of Russia.

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Engineer and former military pilot behind bars because of religion

“Relatives, neighbors, employees, and Valera’s colleagues are outraged by the unjust arrest, they consider this outrageous and worry about us,” says his spouse Marina.

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Jehovah's Witness convention draws thousands

They are holding two of those weekends at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park for the first time. More than 20,000 people are expected to attend the three separate weekends held this summer to discuss a world-wide unified theme that embodies their faith.

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AZERBAIJAN: Appeals fail against illegal raids, fines

Four Jehovah's Witnesses failed in their civil suit seeking redress for the police's illegal entry without a court order or search warrant, their "detention, verbal insults and humiliation", and literature seizure.

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AZERBAIJAN: Book censorship appeal still in Supreme Court

Jehovah's Witnesses have lodged five appeals to international bodies against the Azerbaijani government's earlier bans on the import of specific items of literature after failing to overturn the bans in local courts.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Woman Undergoes Bloodless Open Heart Surgery

A 39-year old woman, who was diagnosed with cardiac ailments approached a hospital in city stating that she was ready to undergo any treatment provided there was no blood transfusion involved in it.

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Houston Library Features Convicted Child Molester Reading Trans Books To Children - video

The Houston Public Library has apologized for featuring a convicted child molester last fall during its “Drag Queen Storytime” series. It has not, however, announced it will end the program that featured the male sex offender dressed up as a woman reading LGBT books to children as young as babies.

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There is going to be a same-sex couple in "My Little Pony"

The writers of "My Little Pony" have confirmed that the latest season of the show will see two new characters – Aunt Holiday and Aunt Lofty. The first episode that includes the same-sex couple will air on June 15, right in the middle of Pride month.

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Persecution Against Jehovah’s Witnesses Escalates in China

For the first time, the article of the Criminal Code against xie jiao (“heterodox teachings”) is used in Xinjiang to indict 18 Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Thousands expected to visit downtown Evansville for Jehovah's Witness Convention

Thirty thousand people are expected to visit downtown Evansville over the next two weekends. The annual Jehovah's Witness Convention will be at the Ford Center. The motto this year is "Love Never Fails". Bible readings guide lessons throughout the day. The program teaches how the bible can help in practical ways.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses host convention this weekend

Jehovah’s Witnesses are hosting a global series of three-day conventions featuring the theme “Love Never Fails.” They began Friday and continue through Sunday, with an opportunity to take part in Fairfield.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses want Evansville convention-goers to focus on love

Over the next two weekends, thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses will be in Evansville. Jehovah's Witnesses are hosting their faith's 15th annual summer convention at the Ford Center.

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