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  Judgment Day in Russia

  by Tahoe in

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  http://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-are-having-their-homes-raided-even-remote-towns-934734.

  law enforcement officials in birobidzhan, russia, a small town close to the border with china, raided 20 homes belonging to jehovah’s witnesses, according to members of the religious organization.. the raids were conducted by around 150 police officers, who nicknamed their operation “judgement day,” jarrod lopes, a member of the jehovah’s witnesses, told newsweek.

  police confiscated photographs, bank cards, money and electronic devices from the houses they searched, said lopes.. a criminal case was opened against a man named alam aliev, who will be kept in pretrial detention until july, members of the religious group said.

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  Russia is a CoE member state and is under jurisdiction of the ECtHR

  It is but it has passed laws allowing it to ignore all judgements by the court that affect human rights. As of a few months ago it was reported to be considering full withdrawal.
  
  
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  Judgment Day in Russia

  by Tahoe in

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  http://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-are-having-their-homes-raided-even-remote-towns-934734.

  law enforcement officials in birobidzhan, russia, a small town close to the border with china, raided 20 homes belonging to jehovah’s witnesses, according to members of the religious organization.. the raids were conducted by around 150 police officers, who nicknamed their operation “judgement day,” jarrod lopes, a member of the jehovah’s witnesses, told newsweek.

  police confiscated photographs, bank cards, money and electronic devices from the houses they searched, said lopes.. a criminal case was opened against a man named alam aliev, who will be kept in pretrial detention until july, members of the religious group said.

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  cofty

  I know they like to appeal to the european courts

  Russia isn't in Europe.
  
  
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  murders at school

  by zeb in

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  at a school in santa fe in the us.

  many people killed and wounded.

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  Every school in the USA ought to have at least one armed guard.

  You put armed guards in all your banks to protect banknotes don't you?
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  Meghan Markle Will Omit 'Obey' from Her Wedding Vows to Prince Harry

  by AFRIKANMAN in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when meghan markle says her royal wedding vows to prince harry on saturday, she’ll be following in the footsteps of princess diana and kate middleton by choosing to omit the traditional promise to “obey” her husband, the palace confirms.. during the ceremony, officiated by archbishop of canterbury justin welby, meghan will tell her royal groom: “i meghan, take you, harry, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part; according to god’s holy law.

  in the presence of god i make this vow.”.

  the decision doesn’t come as a surprise: meghan has long been a vocal feminist, working with organizations like one world vision to learn about the challenges facing women and girls living in dubai and mumbai.

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  The Royal wedding will be all finished before the FA cup final kicks off at 5:15.

  Brilliant weather - a good day for the UK.
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  Judgment Day in Russia

  by Tahoe in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-are-having-their-homes-raided-even-remote-towns-934734.

  law enforcement officials in birobidzhan, russia, a small town close to the border with china, raided 20 homes belonging to jehovah’s witnesses, according to members of the religious organization.. the raids were conducted by around 150 police officers, who nicknamed their operation “judgement day,” jarrod lopes, a member of the jehovah’s witnesses, told newsweek.

  police confiscated photographs, bank cards, money and electronic devices from the houses they searched, said lopes.. a criminal case was opened against a man named alam aliev, who will be kept in pretrial detention until july, members of the religious group said.

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  despite the fact that respected international human rights organizations have condemned their actions

  But Russia/Putin doesn't care.

  Appealing to values of universal human rights, personal freedoms and liberal democracy is to miss the point completely. In Russia these things are not even virtues. Putin - and millions of his ardent supporters - is motivated by Eurasian nationalism and collectivism. The Russian Orthodox church is an very important part of that and any group that refuses to join the party will be suppressed.

  JWs are not important enough to any western government for them to receive any meaningful support against Russia. Writing letters to Russian officials about religious freedom is as useful as writing to Hitler about multiculturalism.

  Things will never get better for JWS under Putin.
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  Gonna read the new bible front to back

  by Jayk in

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  i'm gonna read the new light bible front to back.

  (see how far i make it).

  besides wanting to read more.

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  To be fair I was quite negative.
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  Posters You Miss

  by minimus in

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  anyone that you miss from this site, dead or alive??.

  i miss farkel, blondie and a host of others!.

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  Mythreesons

  LeavingWT

  Snare&Racket

  Outlaw left after a poster repeatedly trolled him in a most egregious manner

  Interesting!
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  North American History - Red George MacDonnell

  by cofty in

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  greetings to the colonies .

  i have come across this individual in the course of some local history research - back in the late 18th c his aunt and her husband owned the estate where i now live and his parents settled nearby.

  he gets credit for a victory at ogdensberg in the war of 1812.. is 'red george macdonnell known to the average american/canadian or is he an obscure figure?

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  Greetings to the colonies

  I have come across this individual in the course of some local history research - back in the late 18th C his aunt and her husband owned the estate where I now live and his parents settled nearby. He gets credit for a victory at Ogdensberg in the War of 1812.

  Is 'Red George MacDonnell known to the average American/Canadian or is he an obscure figure?

  Here is a link to Wiki...

  Thanks.
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  Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors

  by Earnest in

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  tonight (sunday, 13th may) at 20:00 on bbc 2 ... for neanderthal believers, agnostics and deniers.. this first programme in a two-part series investigates what neanderthals looked like and and how they lived in their ice age world.

  it turns out that almost everything we thought we knew about them is wrong.

  they weren't hunched, grunting, knuckle-dragging ape-men at all.

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  EQV - Initially paleontologists had a few fossils to go on. Neanderthals were clearly hominid but not Homo sapien. More and more samples were discovered allowing scientists to say more about their anatomy. Sites where they lived and died were discovered revealing facts about their culture.

  Then geneticists were able to recover some samples of DNA and it appeared that they never bred with humans. With improved techniques more of their genome has been decoded showing that we did in fact share some ancestry with them.

  Science progresses constantly as new discoveries opens up new possibilities for research.

  Your ignorance is not interesting to anybody. Read a book FFS!
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  Evening gala/ball

  by Researchedandenlightened in

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  can anyone tell me when, and why jehovahs witnesses hold evening gala,s / ball with full tuxedo,s and evening gowns ?

  is it uk only as i have heard family throughout the uk attend these events (jw only) of course !.

  what is the purpose of these events and how long have the dubs being doing so ?

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  Dunno about Scotland - maybe they put on a kilt and dance round swords!

  They are called a 'ceilidh' - pronounced 'kay-lay'.

  Great fun but no swords.