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Jehovah's Witnesses are suing the Dutch state for discrimination
by jochie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
jehovah's witnesses believe it is unfair that the state only investigated their handling of abuse cases, and not other religious organizations.jehovah's witnesses have sued the dutch state for discrimination, the national government told trouw.

the reason: only their handling of sexual abuse has been scrutinized by the government, while other religious groups remained unaffected.

they find the fact that only they were the 'target' unfounded and therefore discriminatory.. the fact that a religious organization is suing the state is 'fairly unique', says special professor of law and religion paul van sasse van ijsselt.
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Mass Shooting at Kingdom Hall in Hamburg, Germany
by EdenOne in
1. social
2. current
mass shooting at a kingdom hall in hamburg, germany this evening.

at least 6 or 7 killed, dozens injured.

single shooter on the run, police doesn't rule out more shooters.
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Dutch JW publish open letter protesting accusations of mishandling child abuse and government inquiry
by Anders Andersen in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
today watchtower netherlands published an open letter in a national newspaper, lamenting the accusations about them not handling child abuse issues very well.. they protest a scientific report made by utrecht university (by request of the government).. they protest almost everything our minister of justice has said about them.. they place themselves in the role of victims of unfair treatment, discrimination.. they point their finger a other religions (foremost the catholic church) because they are much worse.. they refer to jw being persecuted in wwii, as if that were relevant to the issue at hand.. all in all, they (probably) spent about 25k to 30k euro to publish their bullshit in a national newspaper.. not a single trace of any self-awareness, let alone even a hint of an apology.

quite the contrary.. they suck.. the minister of justice tweeted "this is exactly the problem: they spend money on lawsuits and expensive ads instead of improving help for victims #fail".. see the translation of the jw letter here: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/ilair1/open_dutch_letter_a_little_better_english.
Jehovah's secret | Pano | Belgian Program an CSA within JWs
by jochie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
pano draws a disconcerting picture of the internal functioning of the community of jehovah's witnesses in belgium.

this picture shows how child sexual abuse has been structurally covered up for years within the organisation through an internal legal system, based on biblical procedures.https://youtu.be/mpe3akjgkga.
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Dutch (ex) JWs: Online survey sexual abuse within JW Netherlands by Utrecht University
by jochie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
since today dutch (ex)jws are asked to fill out an online survey by utrecht university with regard to (child) sexual abuse.as chairman of reclaimed voices i call on all dutch speaking (ex) jws to fill out this survey in case you were a victim of abuse or in case you know of someone else that was abused within the jehovah's witnesseswith your participation you contribute to an important investigation that is carried out.link to the survey: https://usbo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/sv_4hkmbqjhlm0uhmh
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Netherlands branch raided by police for pedophile records
by krismalone in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/12/police-raid-jehovahs-witness-buildings-in-sexual-abuse-inquiries/
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Secret documents from WHQ: JWs do everything to avoid reporting CSA
by jochie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clbnspvradui have seen the documents myself but i am not able to share them without jeopardizing the source.the rtl broadcasting company has spoken to the orginal source and we know that these documents are real..
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Manifesto presented during Dutch silent protest
by jochie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
we had a very succesfull and emotional protest in front of the dutch branch offcie.several survivors gave impressive speeches.

the mayor gave a speech and one of the dutch mp's did as well.. i will try to post sevaral dutch media items on our youtube channel this week with english subs.. during this protest a manifesto was presented and read to the audience.

the jws were invited to receive this manifesto.
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Public prosecutor's office starts investigation in the Netherlands
by fulano in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/5416472/openbaar-ministerie-onderzoekt-seksueel-misbruik-bij-jehovahs-getuigen.html.

i hope someone could find an english translation.

i have no time at the moment..
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Dutch Branch office response to the motion accepted by Parliament: "an investigation is shooting with a cannon on a mosquito"
by jochie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
today a large article was published in a dutch newspaper 'dagblad van het noorden'.

it is about frank huiting, the reclaimed voices foundation and the adopted motion in parliament.

the branch office has given a reaction:.