you will be surprised that the pattern that was followed is very similar to what happened in other dictatorial countries.. in the cuban case, i am going to surprise you and tell you that like what happened with hitler; the wt was partially responsible for their clash and confrontation with the cuban government.

during the early 60s the revolution was fighting for survival and they were willing and ready to demolish any perceived enemy to their cause.. a prime example was their war against the catholic church that was the most influential religious entity in the country; it took the supreme leader only a few public discourses to send the vast majority of clergy packing and back to their country, in this case spain.. the jehovah’s witnesses were an insignificant minority but they over estimated their importance and displayed a belligerent attitude, it was known that this was a us based religion and an easy target to connect them with the cia.

sp74bb

Thanks Hecce :)

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Brooklyn Brothers Signworks... WUT?

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the ad for this site came up here on jwn.

http://www.brooklynsignworks.com/jw/?gclid=cp7ppbzr_tacfy-baqodwocm1a.

i was not aware that these cart signs were being made and sold by essentially a private company or proprietorship.

sp74bb

The same info was listened in Spain regarding a very big supply from a Chinese factory. It cannot be confirmed but....

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My real name (and a shameless self promotion)

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my real name is benjamin heath, i live in southern oregon, usa, and you can always reach me on twitter @ben_heath_.

i have also rebooted my blog at benheathonline.com which is linked with my twitter.

i intend to write about experiences at work and in life, as well as whatever it is i'm reading about at the moment.. i'm a programmer by hobby, a truck driver by profession, an atheist by education and reasoning, and an ex-jw by choice.

sp74bb

Bravo :) Be proud of what you have done !

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Fidel Castro and the WT

by Hecce in

i am going to engage on a trip to the past and share with you some of the matters that marked the beginning of the jws persecution in cuba.

you will be surprised that the pattern that was followed is very similar to what happened in other dictatorial countries.. in the cuban case, i am going to surprise you and tell you that like what happened with hitler; the wt was partially responsible for their clash and confrontation with the cuban government.

during the early 60s the revolution was fighting for survival and they were willing and ready to demolish any perceived enemy to their cause.. a prime example was their war against the catholic church that was the most influential religious entity in the country; it took the supreme leader only a few public discourses to send the vast majority of clergy packing and back to their country, in this case spain.. the jehovah’s witnesses were an insignificant minority but they over estimated their importance and displayed a belligerent attitude, it was known that this was a us based religion and an easy target to connect them with the cia.

sp74bb

Is there any official announcement that Cuba branch has been opened... ?

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Ex JWs in Spain contacted their Government to act against the JWs on child sexual abuse matters

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the letter below (translated from spanish) was just sent out yesterday to the minister of justice in spain by ex jws.

the collective group who did this have a website with this link: http://www.foroextj.com/.

email: [email protected] facebook: www.facebook.com/abusostj twitter: @abusostj.

sp74bb

Thanks JHK for posting the entire letter :)

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To the brother who called in sick after Thanksgiving vacation

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thanks.. no really, thank you.. you decided to drive down to la with your wife and kids to be with extended family and eat a great big meal on thanksgiving.

that's awesome.

no, really, i hope you had great thanksgiving.. then you drove back up here, and that's a good day's drive so you were pretty tired.

sp74bb

Well spoken !!!!

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El Periódico: Jehovah's Witnesses instructed to hide cases of child abuse.Jehovah's Witnesses instructed to hide cases of child abuse

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source: http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/los-testigos-jehova-dieron-ordenes-para-ocultar-los-casos-abusos-menores-5660189#.

tuesday, november 29, 2016.

google translation:.

sp74bb

Hello @Andersoninfo !

I know that one of my friends already arranged the translation for you.

If you need anything else please let me know.

Rgds, Miguel.

El Periódico: Silence, at any cost (Idoya Noain, Correspondant in NYC)

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source: http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/los-testigos-jehova-prefieren-pagar-multas-que-entregar-los-documentos-abusos-que-piden-los-jueces-5660360#.

tuesday, november 29, 2016 - 21:28 cet.

google translation:.

sp74bb

Source: http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/los-testigos-jehova-prefieren-pagar-multas-que-entregar-los-documentos-abusos-que-piden-los-jueces-5660360#

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016 - 21:28 CET

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Google Translation:

Silence, at any cost

Jehovah's Witnesses prefer to pay fines to hand over documents of abuses requested by US judges

Unlike Australia or the United Kingdom, the Government has not undertaken any

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IDOYA NOAIN / NEW YORK

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016 - 21:28 CET

In the United States, the country where he was born and is headquartered organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, and where there are more than 14,000 congregations and about 1.2 million faithful, the courts are open in at least 20 cases complaints Sexual abuse of minors. In all instances these are demands in the civil justice system, not the criminal. And they all have something else in common: the organization has refused to provide internal documents in which the guidelines on how to deal with this problem are collected.Even if the refusal involves paying harsh penalties imposed by judges.

In June a judge of San Diego forced the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society to pay $ 4,000 for each day that the organization did not provide the documentation required in the application filed by Osbaldo Padron, a man who says he suffered sexual abuse at the hands of A local leader of the Witnesses in California at age 7.Among the documents requested it contained one of the letters sent in 1997 to reponsables of congregations around the world - published by this newspaper - ordering create an internal file with all cases of child abuse. Although a copy was provided during the process, it was so edited that it was useless. "Watchtower clearly has control over the documents," he wrote in imposing the daily fine the judge, who spoke of "obstinacy" in breaching the legal requirements.

"They are demonstrating a willingness to risk a lot of money to keep the secret documents", he notes in a telephone conversation Trey Bundy, a reporter for the Center for Investigative Journalismthat takes more than two years publishing information on cases of child abuse within The Jehovah's Witnesses. "The big issue is the secret file with names" related to cases of pedophilia, says the journalist. "Several times they have refused to give those documents and the question is: if the courts can not get them, how are they ever going to be made public?"

FILE WITH NAMES

The existence of a file with the names of the pederastas of the organization is not called into question. In fact, the April 1, 2014, during one of the trials in the US, a senior Witnesses, Richard Ashe, admitted that he had been collecting information and had electronically filed. But the problem, according to Bundy, is that there is no mechanism to force the Jehovah's Witnesses to make public this or any other document.

Part of the explanation for this impossibility is that trials so far have taken place in civil justice. If instead they were tried before the criminal justice and a prosecutor would like to see the documents the police would come into play, which would have the tools to force them to make them public.

INACTION OF THE GOVERNMENT

At the moment, neither the Department of Justice nor the FBI is investigating it. Justice has not answered the calls or the mails of Bundy for two years. According to the journalist, the authorities have not contacted any of the "hundreds of people" who handle cases of abuse or other lawyers or journalists who follow the issue. In Australia or the United Kingdom has been the Government who has taken a role active in research, but in the US, the country with the world Jehovah 's Witnesses, "the government is not doing anything" as Bundy. "All the directives leave here, so it must be investigated here," he reasoned.

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Silence, at any cost

Jehovah's Witnesses prefer to pay fines to hand over documents of abuses requested by US judges

Unlike Australia or the United Kingdom, the Government has not undertaken any

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FILE WITH NAMES

INACTION OF THE GOVERNMENT