Jehovah's Witnesses vs. the World

Radical Georgian ex-priest held Vasily Mkalavishvili, an ex-Orthodox priest known for his fierce attacks on Jehovah’s Witnesses in Georgia has been detained by police. (added 03/13/2004)

United Nations’ DPI press release regarding the WTS’ association with the UN The Department of Public Information of the UN confirms in a press release (due to “receiving numerous inquiries regarding the association of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York” with the UN) that Jehovah’s Witnesses shared the ideals of the UN Charter. (added 03/08/2004)

Town says ban on Jehovah's Witness canvassing reasonable The Canadian City of Blainville believes it has the right to restrict how people express their religion in public in order to protect people's rights to privacy in their own homes. (added 06/17/2003)

Jehovah's Witness Hostages escape extremist captors The last two female Jehovah's Witnesses escaped from the extremist Abu Sayyaf group after nine months of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines. (updated 05/17/2003)

Jehovah's Witness elders sentenced to 15 years for $6 million theft Two Jehovah's Witness elders who fleeced a 100-year-old Deer Lodge woman out of her life savings and family ranch were sentenced to 25 years in prison with 10 suspended. (added 05/13/2003)

Jehovah’s Witness’ assembly foiled in Georgia More than one hundred people in the former Soviet republic Georgia foiled an assembly of the Jehovah's Witnesses. They were stirred up by parliamentary deputy Guram Sharadze, known for his religious intolerance. (added 05/04/2003)

Jehovah's Witness Elder ordered to repay $4.7 million to fleeced flock A jehovah's Witnesss elder was ordered by a federal judge to pay more than $4.7 million in restitution to almost 50 victims of a Ponzi-like con game – many of them elderly members of his own congregation. (updated 03/18/2003)

Uzbekistan: Religious Trial Controversy The criminal trial of a young Jehovah's Witness is being seen as the latest attempt by the authorities to crack down on non-traditional religious groups in Uzbekistan. (added 11/19/2002)

Awake! photographer "throws" zookeeper to the lions A zookeeper was serious hurt after an Awake! photographer asked him to get in the cage with the lion for a picture… (added 10/19/2002)

Kazakhstan: Muslim Villagers Lash Out at Jehovah's Witnesses A religious conflict is brewing in a small south Kazakstan village whose Muslim residents are increasingly angry at the recruiting methods of the Jehovah's Witnesses. The villagers complain that the Witnesses entice the community's children to join its ranks by offering them chocolates and sweets to attend services. (added 08/27/2002)

Muslim rebels kill two of six Jehovah's Witness hostages Muslim rebels linked to al-Qaida beheaded at least two of the six Jehovah's Witnesses they kidnapped in the southern Philippines. Police officers found no evidence they were trying to promote their religion in the predominantly Muslim area. (added 08/22/2002)

Religious Attacks [on Jehovah's Witnesses] Rise in Georgia Georgian Orthodox extremists brutally attacked Jehovah's Witnesses and burned their literature and filled their baptismal pool with diesel fuel (added 08/19/2002)

Disfellowshiping: The Watchtower Society Tightens Its Control Article that shows that the Watchtower leadership has hardened its standpoint on Disfellowshipping. They turned their standpoint from "Disfellowshipping does not sever family ties" towards "Quit mixing with them". (added 07/20/2002)

Watchtower commercial "Love Builds Happy Families" on TV In the 1920's and 1930's Jehovah's Witnesses used the radio to broadcast their message. Seventy years later they are returning to this old habit by using the television. (added 06/27/2002)

Religious Group May Solicit, Supreme Court Rules The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an ordinance requiring Jehovah's Witnesses to get a permit violates free-speech rights. (added 06/17/2002)

Watchtower Society visits Apostate Website!
The WTS is a regular visitor of Watchtower Information Service, in the definition of the Watchtower, an apostate website (screenshots of site statistics that proof the visits of the WTS are shown in the article)!

Watchtower Society disassociates itself from the United Nations' DPI after media exposure Despite the fact that the WTS has repeatedly criticised and demonised the UN, it has been affiliated with the UN for many years!
Two days after the British newspaper The Guardian revealed that the WTS had been associated with the UN for the past nine years the WTS requested termination of its association with the UN.
Read some background information to get a better understanding of this issue.

Jehovah's Witnesses link to UN queried
The UN is being asked to investigate why it has granted associate status to the Jehovah's Witnesses who regard the UN as the scarlet beast predicted in the Book of Revelation.

Zambian Presidential Candidate's Wife Disfellowshipped because of involvement in active politics Zambian presidential candidate Levy Mwanawasa's wife has been disfellowshipped as a Jehovah's Witness because of her involvement in active politics. The presidential candidate himself was a not baptized Witness.

"Watch out for researchers and don't express personal viewpoints!" On April 25, 2001 the Watchtower Society send a letter to all bodies of elders in the United States to warn them for academic researchers.