Georgia allows registration of WT as an NGO in 2003! no persecution!

by Dogpatch 19 Replies latest watchtower scandals

  • Dogpatch
    Dogpatch

    Check this out! Someone just mailed me this excerpt from:

    http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41682.htm

    There are no laws regarding the registration of religious organizations. The GOC remained the only religion with legal status in the country, although some religions registered affiliated NGOs. This lack of legal status prevented religions from renting or registering property; many groups registered property under an individual or affiliated NGO, although this complicated ownership issues and exposed individuals to personal liability. The new Government has not addressed a previous draft law to allow for registration or proposed other changes. Unregistered religious groups are not officially permitted to rent office space, acquire construction rights, import literature, or represent the international church, although many religious groups accomplished these goals through their locally registered NGOs. Unregistered religious groups were also subject to an administrative fine.

    In late 2003, the new Government allowed the registration of the Jehovah's Witnesses NGO The Watchtower Bible Society. Jehovah's Witness Groups reported that since then, unlike in previous years, there has been no violent persecution and they have had no difficulties in importing their literature.

    While less harassment was reported during the year, minority religions continued to report intimidation from local government authorities and obstructions to constructing worship halls. The Catholic Church, True Orthodox Church, Baptists, Armenian Apostolic Church, and Protestant denominations had difficulty in building churches during the year.

    WHAT's UP WITH THAT???? They were supposed to have disassociated themselves from the U.N. in 2003? Let's find out more!

    Randy

    United Nations cover-up: http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm

  • catchthis
    catchthis

    Hmmmm.....

  • Voyager
    Voyager

    Dogpatch:

    Yes Randy, thats a good question! What Is Up With That? Deserves more checking into.

    Ken Carella found that one, and he is a good researcher!

    I'll see if I can find anything more on it!

    Thanks!

  • Golden Girl
    Golden Girl

    Well the letter I saw said Oct 2001! I wonder if that letter was legit????????
    I wonder if they signed up again after all the hubbub died down?
    Or then again..maybe they never really were "Disassociated?
    Interesting!..They used the NGO for protection..and not for the library?
    Or maybe they just showed them the original letter showing they had joined and not the one saying they were "Disassociating" and no one checked to see if they were current?

    alt

  • ringo5
    ringo5

    If I understand the original UN debacle correctly, the problem wasn't because they were/are an NGO, but what they had to do to apply for association with DPI, which requires that they accept the charter and principles of the UN. And after the article in the Guardian came out, they only disassociated themselves from the DPI.






    http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/watchtower.pdf

    sorry for the all the edits, trying to post a link with Mozilla seems to pain in the NGO!!

  • Golden Girl
    Golden Girl

    OK..so I been busy!

    And the things I found..I have two to show..opinions please! These are both from the UN website!So they are Official!

    #1 Is a special section they have put up because of SO many inquiries about the WTBTS and NGO's
    Notice the date on the letter!..Still after a few years since they resigned!

    http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/watchtower.pdf

    Snoozy...# 2 in next post...

  • Golden Girl
    Golden Girl

    The next one I found is a listing of all the religions that have NGO's..unless the WTBTS is listed under a different profession..and I looked a few of them up..they are no longer considered to have the NGO status!

    You have to click ALL in the two places and a third will pop up..click all again and it will pull up all the NGO members...

    http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/asp/form.asp

    Let me know what you think.
    Snoozy...

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere

    I don't see how this is any kind of issue. NGO simply means "NonGovernment Organization" and does not imply association with anything. Any organization that is not a government is an NGO. This means that a local charity is an NGO... an art-club is an NGO... a Star Wars fan club is also considered to be an NGO.

    That report simply states that the WTS was officially recognized as an official religion which granted them certain legal rights.

  • Golden Girl
    Golden Girl

    The reports I saw from Georgia were that in 2003 they recognized the WTBTS as still having a NGO status still....

    And yet the UN wrote a letter stating the WTBTS resigned from their NGO status in 2001..So the fact is..who is lying? Did the WTBTS still claim to be a NGO member to them in 2003 or is Georgia trying to cover their abusive butts by saying they had come to some agreement with the NGO laison comittee about the WTBTS in 2003 and the "Selling" of their literature..not knowing that the WTBTS had resigned from the NGO in 2001.

    Snoozy....who had to look this all up on the UN website and read all the reports to try and understand what was going on...

    They even put up a special letter concerning the fact about the WTBTS saying it had received so many inquiries about the NGO and WTBTS involvement!..And they were refusing to give out anymore information.

    This is a site that shows how Georgia was in 2003..

    http://atheism.about.com/b/a/013765.htm

  • Jeffro
    Jeffro

    It seems that people here are getting a little over-excited.

    The article refers to the Georgian government recognizing Jehovah's Witnesses as an NGO (non-government organization). The UN does not have a monopoly on this acronym. The article says nothing about Jehovah's Witnesses being an NGO in connection with the United Nations, and is unrelated to the 1992-2001 scandal. It simply indicates that the Georgian government has allowed them to be registered as a recognized organisation.

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