Alain Garay - A Lawyer who works for the WBTS

by bj 8 Replies latest jw friends

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  bj

  A name that keeps appearing up, as representative of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, is Alain Garay. But who is this lawyer? Is he one of JW? NO.

  A lawyer at the bar of the Court of Appeal in Paris, France, Alain Garay has written numerous articles on civil liberties. He is also a former civil servant with the French income tax department where he specialized in tax law. His professional background has prompted him to take a close look at the religious movements described in France as "cult groups" or "sects" and the way pressure groups operate.

  Please stick all references about him on this post.

  Here's his e-mail to keep him busy: [email protected]

  Joe
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  nelly136

  . http://www.uj.edu.pl/confer/columbia98/program.html

  10:45-12:00 Workshop One: The Role of Inter-Governmental Organizations
  JOHAN VAN DER VYVER, Chair
  Emory University Law School
  ALAIN GARAY, Presenter
  Court of Appeals of Paris
  The Judicial Precedents of the European Court of Human Rights and Religious Freedom
  CAROLYN WAH, Presenter
  Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York
  European Parliamentary Enquete Commissions - Justification of a Two-Tiered System of Religious Freedoms
  JEREMY GUNN, Presenter
  JFK Review Board
  Protection of Religious Minorities and the OSCE

  nelly
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  nelly136

  . http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/06/09sects
  French lawyer Alain Garay, a defence counsel for Jehovah's Witnesses who fights their tax battles, was also invited to Vienna and Washington. He too is a frequent contributor to Scientology publications. Another key figure is Willy Fautré, chairman of a Belgian organisation called Human Rights Without Frontiers. (The name does not mean it is recognised by the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues). For many years Fautré was a correspondent for News Network International, a large American evangelical, anti-abortionist and fiercely anti-communist press and lobbying group. He is also a member of the International Helsinki
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  sf

  < http://www.house.gov/csce/060899.html

  (too lengthy to post)
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  nicolaou

  Alain Garay was (is?) on the faculty of the European Congress on Bloodless Health care.

  . http://www.gobloodless.org/gva2000/pages/faculty.htm

  http://www.do-not-call.org
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  nicolaou

  He's written a book (£49.95!) called 'L'Activisme Anti-sectes De L'assistance a L'amalgame'

  Amazon review:

  This work is presented as a non-partisan contribution to the subject of opposition to sects in contemporary France. The debate surrounding sects has been in the centre of the public arena, subject to deep social and religious discussion.

  The book examines the national Union of Associations for the Defence of the Family and the Individual, and the Center Against Manipulation of the Mind, anti-sect movements who lobby heavily and are largely subsidized by the government.
  
  They have compiled a list of 173 movements that qualify as sects, and criminal prosecutors in general and fiscal agencies in particular have plagued many of these associations. In this era of political and religious correctness, few voices are heard in France denouncing the aberration of the anti-sect discourse.

  One of the problems is that there is no legal definition of the word "sect" in France. The author argues that te creation of an independent panel for critical thought and deliberation is urgently needed.

  http://www.do-not-call.org
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  chasson

  Hi Bj,

  For me he is a JW,

  Charline has met him at a convention with his badge ;-)

  Bye

  Charles
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  bj

  Hi Charles,

  Interesting comment. Although JW try to deceive the public by mixing membership and sympathizers, the fact remain that NO ONE CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A MEMBER UNLESS BEING BAPTIZED

  It would be ridiculus from our part, to consider for example, Bush as a Muslim because he was seen in a Mosque.

  While living in Malta, the local Lawyer who defended JW's attended a funeral talk, which was held at the Kingdom Hall, so shall I say because of it, that he's a JW?

  Besides, some years ago, while defending JW on a french tv programme (presented by Dechevain), Garay made it clear that he's a CATHOLIC and NOT A JW.

  Joe
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  chasson

  Bj:Besides, some years ago, while defending JW on a french tv programme (presented by Dechevain), Garay made it clear that he's a CATHOLIC and NOT A JW.

  Good point ;-)

  Bye

  Charles