tighter security today and much greater police presence.
great weather.. .
lunchtime view over moscow.. .
Updates are coming through in Russian here:
https://www.jw-russia.org/pages/17040614-132.html
Either copy and paste into Google Translate
https://translate.google.co.uk/
or use a 'direct link'
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jw-russia.org%2Fpages%2F17040614-132.html&edit-text=&act=url
jwleaks might max-out their allowable number of forum posts within any 24 hours period....
the 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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From todays i newspaper - it's in the print version of what was the Independant newspaper which is now only online.
The i - Thursday 6 April 2017 - page 25, top
watch it here: .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8koav8xzck .
the protest was organized by a former jw elder and pioneer couple - alex and iza.
that's cool - thanks
watch it here: .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8koav8xzck .
the protest was organized by a former jw elder and pioneer couple - alex and iza.
What happened in the end? TIA
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5116768873873408/help-needed-from-folks-uk-esp-scotland
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/europe/russia-moves-to-ban-jehovahs-witnesses-as-extremist.html?_r=0.
vorokhobino, russia — 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.”.
his name had popped up on the exchangalee bureau’s computer system, along with those of members of al qaeda, the islamic state and other militant groups responsible for shocking acts of violence.. the only group the 43-year-old father of three has ever belonged to, however, is jehovah’s witnesses, a christian denomination committed to the belief that the bible must be taken literally, particularly its injunction “thou shalt not kill.”.
FYI - the article that AndersonsInfo linked to in the OP was featured on the middle of the front page of the New York Times
The high-profile nature of the case is sparking coverage by international news outlets, including... a front-page article in the print edition of The New York Times (“Pacifist, Christian and Threatened by Russian Ban as ‘Extremist’”) on April 5.
Large (readable) PDF scan of the New York Times 5 April 2017, front page:
http://www.nytimes.com/images/2017/04/05/nytfrontpage/scan.pdf
the 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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Is that Paul Gillies left of that picture?
Yes
as 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..
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
fyi.
saturday 15 april 2017, 4pm to 6pm.
organ, tissue and eye donation.
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.
http://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.
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
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
