Is that Paul Gillies left of that picture?
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darkspilver
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RUSSIA: (5 April 2017) Jehovah's Witnesses hearing under way
by jwleaks inthe trial has begun.
the crowd on the street (see photo) is now inside and the gallery is packed.. yesterday jehovah's witnesses presented a written legal argument - "objections to the administrative claim of the ministry of justice of the russian federation" - to the supreme court of russia which, in paragraph 254, argued that if the ministry for justice liquidates and bans the activities of jehovah's witnesses then this will force individual members to renounce or abandon their religion for fear of persecution.. download legal argument (russian).
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Lewis V Watchtower
by Richard Oliver inas some may know as reported by jwsurvey in october 2014 that a lawsuit against watchtower was initiated in vermont.
march 30, 2017 saw a resolution to this case with a summary judgment being filled in watchtower favor..
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FYI I believe the following are related to this case:
Zalkin Law Firm's Press Release:
http://www.silentlambs.org/documents/ZalkinNRLewisJWcaseVermont093014final1.pdf
Plus
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/285073/vermont-sisters-sue-jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4923468512493568/wt-wants-throw-out-lawsuit-vermont
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2014/09_10/2014_10_01_Goswami_AbuseSuits.htm
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JWs - Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation
by darkspilver infyi.
saturday 15 april 2017, 4pm to 6pm.
organ, tissue and eye donation.
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FYI
Saturday 15 April 2017, 4pm to 6pm
Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation
Event specific to the Jehovah Witness Community: What your advance directive didn't tell you, breaking myths and misconceptions about organ/tissue/eye donation.
Plus FREE hemoglobin check for those over the age of 18.
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TIME Magazine: Russian Supreme Court Considers Outlawing Jehovah's Witness Worship
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://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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darkspilver
Hi notsurewheretogo
Remeber that in Mexico, for many year's the JW's stopped using ANY bible in the house-to-house first call work.
They also stopped saying public prayers at meetings
And didn't sing any songs at the meeting either
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5445547701829632/_post/5710129229987840
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darkspilver
who is on the far right hand side of the picture - Mark Sanderson
who is on the far left hand side of the picture - Paul Gillies
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JW's efforts to block sex abuse inquiry squashed
by darkspilver infyi.
the guardian, tuesday 4 april 2017. jehovah’s witnesses congregation's efforts to block inquiry squashed.
tribunal rejects claim investigation into charity’s handling of sexual abuse allegations amounts to religious discrimination.
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Story in Third Sector:
Upper Tribunal dismisses appeal by Jehovah's Witnesses congregation
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Drearyweather: JW representatives in the Russian Coutroom today for the hearing
Interesting, thanks
do you have any names?
who is on the far right hand side of the picture
who is on the far left hand side of the picture
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RUSSIA: (5 April 2017) Jehovah's Witnesses hearing under way
by jwleaks inthe trial has begun.
the crowd on the street (see photo) is now inside and the gallery is packed.. yesterday jehovah's witnesses presented a written legal argument - "objections to the administrative claim of the ministry of justice of the russian federation" - to the supreme court of russia which, in paragraph 254, argued that if the ministry for justice liquidates and bans the activities of jehovah's witnesses then this will force individual members to renounce or abandon their religion for fear of persecution.. download legal argument (russian).
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Drearyweather: In the Russian courtroom today: [PICTURE]
Interesting.... any names?...
who is that on the far left hand side??
who is that on the far right hand side???
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JW's efforts to block sex abuse inquiry squashed
by darkspilver infyi.
the guardian, tuesday 4 april 2017. jehovah’s witnesses congregation's efforts to block inquiry squashed.
tribunal rejects claim investigation into charity’s handling of sexual abuse allegations amounts to religious discrimination.
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Story in The Civil Society - doesn't seem to add anything new though...
Jehovah’s Witness charity appeal against child abuse inquiry dismissed
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JW's efforts to block sex abuse inquiry squashed
by darkspilver infyi.
the guardian, tuesday 4 april 2017. jehovah’s witnesses congregation's efforts to block inquiry squashed.
tribunal rejects claim investigation into charity’s handling of sexual abuse allegations amounts to religious discrimination.
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For those interested....
The article has appeared in the Wednesday 5 April 2017 print edition of The Guardian Newspaper.
It appears, in a cut-down version compared to the web article, at the bottom of page 4.
Jehovah’s Witness group loses its bid to block sexual abuse inquiry
A Jehovah’s Witness congregation in Manchester has lost a legal attempt to block an investigation into its handling of allegations of sexual abuse, after failing to convince a judge that the inquiry amounted to religious discrimination.
Groups linked to the religion mounted a legal challenge to prevent the Charity Commission from starting two inquiries into allegations concerned with survivors of sexual abuse being forced to face their attackers at “judicial committees”.
The commission began a statutory inquiry into the Manchester New Moston congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2014, after reports surfaced that a convicted paedophile, Jonathan Rose, was brought face-to-face with survivors of his abuse at a judicial committee.
The commission’s second statutory inquiry concerned the UK’s main Jehovah’s Witness charity, the Watch Tower Bible Tract Society of Great Britain , which oversees the UK’s 1,500 congregations and is believed to play a key role in deciding how abuse claims are handled.
WTBTS launched litigation, including an attempt to challenge in the supreme court the commission’s decision to start an investigation. The charity also fought, in the lower courts, against production orders obliging it to give the commission access to records showing how it handled the allegations, although in January it dropped its opposition to these requests.
Yesterday, at the upper tribunal of the tax and chancery division at the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, which hears appeals from the charity tribunal, Mrs Justice Asplin ruled that the lower tribunal had been “entitled to decide that there was no direct discrimination”.
The commission’s head of litigation, Chris Willis Pickup, said: “We regret public and charity funds [were] used on this litigation, but we will continue to defend robustly our legitimate role in investigating serious concerns about charities.”BTW some nice subbing going on with the headline in the print edition - the online version was headlined: "Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation's efforts to block inquiry squashed"