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Kerala police launch probe after threats to Jehovah's Witnesses
14 May 2025 09:53 GMT
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TN governor signs bill penalizing intimidation, broadening police power and tightening rules around pamphlets
17 May 2025 01:40 GMT
It makes it illegal for a person to refuse to provide their name to law enforcement if they are detained, and also adds penalties for littering "unsolicited flyers."
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the "Protecting …
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Jehovah's Witness and Blood Transfusion: BRCI and Emergency Protection Order for Child in Cross River State
09 May 2025 11:11 GMT
Humanist Enabling Love Project(HELP) applauds the Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI) for obtaining a court order to treat a baby, Ruth Oham Samuel, who urgently needs a blood transfusion in Calabar, Cross River state. According to the information made …
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Joe Rogan Under Fire Over Kanye West 'Heil Hitler' Remark
16 May 2025 20:25 GMT
Joe Rogan is receiving backlash online over his comments about Kanye West's new song, "Heil Hitler."
On Tuesday's episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the host called the tune "kind of catchy."
Newsweek reached out to Rogan' …
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Testimony details child sexual abuse by former Jehovah's Witnesses leader in New Orleans
01 May 2025 14:09 GMT
Barry Davis is the plaintiff in the sexual abuse litigation filed in New Orleans against a former Jehovah's Witnesses leader. | Lamothe Law Firm
A defendant accused of sexually abusing a minor while serving as a Jehovah’s Witnesses leader in New …
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Former Jehovah's Witness hall with conversion potential for sale
01 May 2025 05:18 GMT
Originally a social club, the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at Chave Court, off the city’s Grandstand Road, has been out of use since 2021.
The building has been advertised for sale by agents, Sunderlands, for a guide price of £500,000.
Planning …
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Detention of Jehovah's Witness in 1989 was illegal, Olomouc court says
30 Apr 2025 15:56 GMT
The incarceration of Milan Tomis, who was detained for almost two months in 1989 for refusing to take part in military exercises as a Jehovah's Witness, was illegal, as stated on Wednesday by Olomouc District Court judge Jakub Kučera. His freedom was …
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Catholic Church Wrong to Excommunicate Priests Over New Law: Bill's Sponsor
16 May 2025 18:44 GMT
Washington state Senator Noel Frame has rejected the Catholic Church's claim that it would have to excommunicate priests who comply with her new child abuse reporting law.
During an interview with NRP's Dave Miller, she said: "There's …
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Fr Caermare: the mission among the deaf of Dipolog in the footsteps of Francis
16 May 2025 17:51 GMT
The priest is one of the few who knows the Filipino Sign Language. His choice goes back to a meeting with a group of deaf people during the papal visit in 2015. Ministering the sacraments, starting with confession, represents a challenge. Working with …
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Norwegian Jehovah's Witnesses retain the right to seal marriages
23 Apr 2025 20:07 GMT
Even though they recently seemed to lose their status as a religious community, Jehovah's Witnesses still have a right to seal legal marriages in Norway. That was decided recently by the district court in Oslo.
The right to marry couples will still be …