Jehovah’s Witnesses shift away from knocking

For Jessica Iwajomo, the joy she finds in her faith is too important, too good to keep to herself.

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Congress passes resolution condemning world’s blasphemy laws

Bill would have president oppose U.N. efforts to establish international bans on the “defamation of religions”

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U.S. Adds Russia to Religious Freedom Violators Watchlist

The United States has added Russia to its special watchlist of countries that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations” of religious freedom, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Monday.

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Pandemic presenting opportunity for Jehovah’s Witnesses to expand outreach (video)

Jehovah’s Witnesses is a branch of Christianity with a strong presence in the Rio Grande Valley, and with the pandemic, they have had to find ways to move away from their door-to-door approach.

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Govt condemn Jehovah’s Witnesses (sic)

Ngabwe District Council chairperson Tshili Mizinga has said the voter registration exercise in the area is being hampered by religious believes because Jehovah’s Witnesses, who are the majority, are not registering as voters.

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Eritrea Frees Religious Prisoners Jailed for a Quarter Century

Eritrea released 28 Jehovah’s Witnesses who spent between five and 26 years in prison without trial, the religious group said.

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Russian authorities take local Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders into custody

Officers from the Russian Investigative Committee have detained the leaders of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, Spokesperson for the Moscow branch of the Investigative Committee Yulia Ivanova told TASS on Tuesday.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses contact government officials. (video)

Beginning Nov. 1, more than 8.6 million Jehovah’s Witnesses in 240 lands began participating in a campaign to distribute a special edition of the Watchtower magazine entitled “What is God’s Kingdom?”

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Jehovah’s Witness and a Loyalty oath.

A Jehovah’s Witness is alleging her religious freedom rights were violated when a California agency withdrew a job offer because she declined to sign a loyalty oath promising to defend the state and U.S. constitutions.

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Russian criminal cases against Jehovah’s Witnesses

In Vladivostok, investigators have opened five criminal cases against Jehovah’s Witnesses, the suspects are under subscription and not to leave the place. This was reported by the website “Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia”.

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‘People Would Be So Receptive Right Now’ , Jehovah’s Witnesses

The pandemic has put a stop to the activities of one of the nation’s most visible religious groups, Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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IFSE opens the door to Jehovah’s Witness project

BREEAM rated development is home to the central offices and spaces of Jehovah’s Witnesses Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain.

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Russia Overturns First Jehovah’s Witnesses Convictions

A Russian court has overturned the convictions of six Jehovah’s Witnesses accused of extremism, marking the first instance of the group’s worshippers having their verdicts overturned in Russia, the group announced Wednesday.

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This Kelowna Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses can be yours

“Rather than being in decline, the number of people attending our Kingdom Halls continues to grow,” he wrote. “In Kelowna, there are approximately 10% more individuals who . . .

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Jail Jehovah’s Witnesses For Reading The Bible ?

Two men from Yalta and Dzhankoi have become the first Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russian-occupied Crimea to be convicted under Russia’s Extremism Law for exercising their freedom of religion and belief.

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Coronavirus and Jehovah’s Witnesses

The world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses is closely monitoring the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

It has recommended practical steps to protect members and others from the disease.

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Police say man fired shotgun inside Kingdom Hall

A man who fired multiple blasts from a shotgun inside a place of worship used by Jehovah’s Witnesses and then soaked the interior of the building in gasoline has been arrested, police said.

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UK calls on Russian authorities to end persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses

The UK has called on Russian authorities “to end the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and to uphold the commitments on the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief for all individuals across the Russian Federation.

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ASL Bible – First Complete Bible for the Deaf Community

“The idea of a Bible translation in ASL was almost unthinkable,” said Nicholas Ahladis who works with Translation Services for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Warwick, NY. “Now we translate into approximately 100 sign languages.”
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Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to 6 years in Russian-occupied Crimea

The Russian propaganda media presented these searches, during which a 78-year-old believer was manhandled, as being about breaking up an “extremist cell”, which, they absurdly suggested, could have links with the Ukrainian Security Service.

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Attack on a group of Jehovah’s Witness

A Jehovah’s Witness church member who was threatened by the Post Falls man at the center of a SWAT standoff earlier this week is sharing his story about the incident that was ultimately behind the standoff.

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Holocaust denialism

Josh Frydenberg has used a speech at the Australian War Memorial to warn the far right is on the rise in Australia and around the world . . .

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TAJIKISTAN: Five-year jail term for conscientious objector?

The criminal trial of 19-year-old Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objector Jovidon Bobojonov for refusing compulsory military service on grounds of conscience could begin at Dushanbe Military Court in early March.

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Jehovah’s Witness Jailed In Turkmenistan

A court in Turkmenistan has jailed a Jehovah’s Witness for objecting to military service, the religious group’s spokesperson told RFE/RL.

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Belarus Arrests Jehovah’s Witness at Russia’s Request

Belarus has for the first time arrested a Jehovah’s Witness at Russia’s request, the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia organization said Tuesday amid an ongoing crackdown on the religious group across Russia.

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Woman accused of firebombing Jehovah’s Witnesses Hall

Police have arrested a woman suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail into a place of worship for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Maryland, according to court records.

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Austin surgeons get creative to save Jehovah’s Witness’ life

There were no signs Fulton Smith’s life would change so suddenly. “I went to sit down with a cup of coffee, and someone hit me in the chest with a baseball bat,” Fulton said.

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Unselfish Volunteers, Jehovah’s Witnesses

For, whilst repairs generally are proceeding at a snail’s pace, the Jehovah’s Witnesses have successfully repaired homes and their Kingdom Hall in Marsh Harbour

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Jehovah’s Witnesses report torture in Russia

Two Jehovah’s Witnesses were convicted of extremism in Russia and four more arrested, one of whom reported being tortured in custody

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Jehovah’s Witness shot outside NC worship hall

A North Carolina congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses was “still a little traumatized” Thursday after a church member was shot while sitting in her car in the church parking lot Wednesday night, an elder told The Charlotte Observer.

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