Entries for the ‘Freedom’ Category

Jehovah’s Witness Bible teachers are learning Chinese to connect with students of Tasmania

Using their door-to-door approach, Jehovah’s Witnesses are canvassing homes in Sandy Bay to find Chinese students, says the Hobart congregation’s Chinese teacher James Kung. He said they also visited Asian grocers and restaurants. “When we first started Bible education in Chinese … most people found it to be a bit of a novelty,” Mr Kung [...]

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Mob leader in Bulgaria faces up to five years behind bars

The Bulgarian far-right VMRO formation has cried foul over the charges pressed again regional leader in the Black Sea city of Burgas, who has allegedly organized a violent attack against members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The nationalists’ regional leader in Burgas, Georgi Drakaliev, faces up to five years behind bars if the accusation that he [...]

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Who are They

Jehovah’s Witnesses Who are They? “I read a lot about Jehovah’s Witnesses on the Internet, I heard some rumors, and I listened to a great deal of prejudiced talk,” wrote a trainee reporter in Denmark. “As a result, I formed a very negative view of Jehovah’s Witnesses” THAT reporter then interviewed a family who are [...]

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Jehovah Witnesses: Nationalists Tried to Kill Us

The stones that nationalists threw at Jehovah Witnesses last Sunday were so huge the could have killed a person, representatives of the sect stated Thursday on a press conference. The Jehovah Witnesses brought one of the stones and pointed out there was another one which they did not take with them, because it was too [...]

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Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bulgaria atacked on memorial day.

Five followers of the Jehovah Witnesses have been injured late Sunday night in a clash with activists of the nationalist VMRO party. The incident happened in the Black Sea city of Burgas, in front of the Jehovah Witnesses Kingdom Hall, where VMRO staged a protest rally. The Jehovah’s Witnesses are reported as light; furniture and equipment inside [...]

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Western Equatoria state removed the ban against Jehovah’s Witnesses

January 28, 2011 (YAMBIO) – The governor of Western Equatoria state Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro on Thursday removed the ban against Jehovah’s Witnesses practicing in the state. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Yambio was empty on December 26, 2010 (ST)For over a month the religious group’s activities were banned after some did not participate in [...]

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U.S. Department of State releases religious freedom report at Jehovah’s Witnesses.

U.S. Department of State releases religious freedom report at Jehovah’s Witnesses. The U.S. Department of State has released the International Religious Freedom Report 2010. Source: www.NEWS.am provides excerpts from the report. According to the report, the government generally did not enforce existing legal restrictions on religious freedom. There was no change in the status of respect [...]

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Examining the Scriptures Daily 2011 Available for Download

Examining the Scriptures Daily 2011 Download.  On January 12, 2010, the Haitian city of Port-au-Princewas struck by a devastating earthquakewith a magnitude of 7.0. Many buildings collapsed, including hospitals, schools, the headquarters of the United Nations mission, and sections of the presidential palace. More than 225,000 deaths resulted. Not knowing where to go for refuge, [...]

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Man taken to Hernando County Jail held on $14,000 bond

Man accused of pulling gun on Jehovah’s Witnesses. The man taken to Hernando County Jail held on $14,000 bond A man was arrested after deputies said he pulled a gun on a pair of Jehovah’s Witnesses as they walked to his front door. According to reports, on Thursday afternoon, Carla Dignall and Lenore Salvato were [...]

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Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia

More Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Posted July 29th, 2010 Two more cases of persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses were uncovered by the Sova center in a July 15, 2010 report, just the latest in a series of local and central government actions against them. Both cases highlight legal abuses common to the government’s campaign [...]

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