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WT's German Branch Office response to the Bulgaria/Blood stance (Word doc format) (posted 12/13/00)

Japanese JWs declining after being "model JWs" for last few years (posted 12/13/00)

Michael Jackson on his early days as a Jehovah's Witness door-to-door (posted 12/8/00)

Years 1988-2000 Stats on JWs and growth (posted 12/7/00)

JW elders in U.K. cover up child molester as he goes out in service (posted 11/21/00)

Catholic Church apologizes for sexual abuse (posted 10/10/00)

Ohio community mourns slain pregnant JW woman (posted 10/10/00) (10/13/00)

Watchtower pushes blood deception in the Times of Zambia (posted 10/5/00)

AJWRB Press Release on JWs approving blood substitute Hemopure (posted 9/29/00)

The Watchtower, Money and Honesty (posted 9/15/00)

Lawsuits over "shunning" may face an uphill battle (posted 9/11/00)

The WITNESS MURDERS - a new book about a horrible tragedy in Canada (posted 9/10/00)

Pedophile 30-year JW stirs up UK island (posted 8/15/00)

UK article on Blackmores and Shunning (posted 8/14/00)

General Counsel for JWs appears before U.S. House on International Relations (posted 7/30/00)

Tacoma Dome parking scandal by Watchtower District Assemblies (posted 7/25/00)

Legal issues trouble Watchtower, including sex offenses, apparently prompting change (posted 7/19/00)

Dissident JWs in Eastern Europe say Society has compromised, hold their own assemblies (posted 7/14/00)

AJWRB posts their understanding of new blood change in policy (posted 7/8/00)

France demands $300M francs from Watchtower for back taxes after all (posted 7/7/00)

Letter to Bulgarian government re: Deception by Watchtower (posted 6/29/00)

Watchtower letter to Hospital committees reveals JWs to be automatically shunned for taking blood (posted 6/21/00)

France to crack down on sects with prison time for mind control (posted 6/14/00)

New blood issue update page launched to stay abreast of the latest developments (posted 6/13/00)

Danish JW spokesman says they will not disfellowship for blood transfusion (posted 6/9/00)

Watchtower revises blood policy, reformers plan life-saving campaign (posted 5/20/00)

Death of Jehovah's Witness exploited by Georgian politician (posted 5/10/00)

Taiwan allows JWs to do alternate military service (posted 5/3/00)

European Court of Human Rights issues landmark ruling in favor of conscientious objector (posted 4/6/00)

Witness loses life needlessly over own ignorance of WT's changing doctrines. (posted 3/28/00)

BBC News article suggests JWS can have blood and escape disfellowshipping, many do. (posted 3/27/00)

Witnesses in Moscow Still Awaiting Recognition (posted 3/13/00)

Watchtower asks publishers to turn in old literature (posted 3/13/00)

Top court in Japan backs right to refuse blood (posted 3/2/00)

Petersburg Court recognizes JWs as sect (posted 3/2/00)

Witnesses Cost Me My Family (kidnapping) (posted 2/13/00) reader responses

1999 Watchtower Factoids (growth) (posted 1/26/00)

Watchtower concerned over bad press in Canada, hosts program (posted 1/23/00) updated 3/6/00

Update from Japan on Watchtower Growth, Kingdom Halls, etc. (posted 1/21/00)

Jehovah's Witness Dies After Refusing Transfusion (posted 1/20/00)

Jehovah's Witness responds to press criticism (posted 12/19/99) see press criticism

Italian Government May Sign Agreement with Jehovah's Witnesses (posted 12/11/99)

The The Religious Discrimination Act - UK How it can affect employers, etc. (posted 12/7/99)

Freedom of Conscience in the Republic of Bashkortostan (posted 11/29/99)

WT bloodguilty regarding voting? (posted 11/10/99)

Violence towards Witnesses in Georgia (Russia) (posted 11/8/99)

Watchtower opens new Public relations website (posted 11/8/99)

Russian Mother complains about JW daughter, more Russian news (posted 11/8/99)

Ed Dunlap, former Gilead registrar, dies (posted 10/5/99)

Four new members added to the WT's Governing Body (posted 10/4/99)

Earthquakes not more frequent, say scientists (posted 9/27/99)

Is the Watchtower Allowing Voting now? (posted 9/27/99)

Consumer Reports on Blood Transfusions (posted 8/27/99)

Jehovah's Witnesses Dial Up Converts with Telemarketing (posted 8/5/99)

Georgian Patriarchate Declares War on Sectarians (JWs) (posted 7/18/99)

Russia Church Investigates Sect Recruitment Methods (7/14/99)

Witness-run H2O message board declares autonomy from WT after supposed threat (7/1/99)

Paris Rejects U.S. Report on Religious Freedom (6/25/99)

Russia To Hear Witness Appeal in Moscow (6/28/99)

European Assembly Gives Priority to Cult Prevention (6/22/99)

"Religious Intolerance and Discrimination" (6/18/99)

Europe's Anti-Religious Trends Focus of Commission Hearing (6/8/99)

Religious Freedom in Western Europe: Religious Minorities and Growing (6/7/99)

Update on Russia: No Door-to-Door? (5/25/99)

Russia Renews Jehovah's Witnesses (update) (5/6/99)

Watchtower Website Offers "Old Light" to Visitors (updated 4/28/99 with "new light")

Moscow Trial Drags On/Theology Issues (4/2/99)

Moscow court stalls on studying JW literature (3/5/99)

Drunken driver gets 10 years in blood transfusion question (3/12/99)

Court Gives Weight to medical Wishes (for teen JW) (2/25/99)

Court Case postponed in Russia until Monday: reason (2/12/99)

Letter to elders in England (1/21/99, letter dated 10/20/98)

Watchtower Spokesman Paul Gillies Speaks Out on Blood (6/14/98)

Gay Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses Experiences Printed in Echo Magazine (1/7/99)

Pomona woman's death - manslaughter verdict only (12/19/98)

Jehovah Witness dies after refusing blood tranfusion (12/12/98)

Is it Murder if Victim Refuses Blood Transfusion Due to Faith? (12/13/98)

Pilot Crashes into Mountain verdict/JW Parents (11/19/98)

The latest on Russia and the Watchtower (11/18/98)

Jehovah's Witnesses threatened with being banned in Moscow (9/29/98)

Letter from Watchtower explaining their stand on Bulgaria/blood to one writing in (dated 8/27/98)

European Update regarding Jehovah's Witnesses and Bulgaria, etc. (9/15/98)

full-page ad put in New York Times re: France (Sunday, 7/15/98)

France fines Witnesses $50 million in taxes (updated 7/6/98)

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	WT's German Branch Office response to the Bulgaria/Blood stance (Word doc format) (posted 12/13/00)
	Japanese JWs declining after being "model JWs" for last few years (posted 12/13/00)
	Michael Jackson on his early days as a Jehovah's Witness door-to-door (posted 12/8/00)
	Years 1988-2000 Stats on JWs and growth (posted 12/7/00)
	JW elders in U.K. cover up child molester as he goes out in service (posted 11/21/00)
	Catholic Church apologizes for sexual abuse (posted 10/10/00)
	Ohio community mourns slain pregnant JW woman (posted 10/10/00) (10/13/00)
	Watchtower pushes blood deception in the Times of Zambia (posted 10/5/00)
	AJWRB Press Release on JWs approving blood substitute Hemopure (posted 9/29/00)
	The Watchtower, Money and Honesty (posted 9/15/00)
	Lawsuits over "shunning" may face an uphill battle (posted 9/11/00)
	The WITNESS MURDERS - a new book about a horrible tragedy in Canada (posted 9/10/00)
	Pedophile 30-year JW stirs up UK island (posted 8/15/00)
	UK article on Blackmores and Shunning (posted 8/14/00)
	General Counsel for JWs appears before U.S. House on International Relations (posted 7/30/00)
	Tacoma Dome parking scandal by Watchtower District Assemblies (posted 7/25/00)
	Legal issues trouble Watchtower, including sex offenses, apparently prompting change (posted 7/19/00)
	Dissident JWs in Eastern Europe say Society has compromised, hold their own assemblies (posted 7/14/00)
	AJWRB posts their understanding of new blood change in policy (posted 7/8/00)
	France demands $300M francs from Watchtower for back taxes after all (posted 7/7/00)
	Letter to Bulgarian government re: Deception by Watchtower (posted 6/29/00)
	Watchtower letter to Hospital committees reveals JWs to be automatically shunned for taking blood (posted 6/21/00)
	France to crack down on sects with prison time for mind control (posted 6/14/00)
	New blood issue update page launched to stay abreast of the latest developments (posted 6/13/00)
	Danish JW spokesman says they will not disfellowship for blood transfusion (posted 6/9/00)
	Watchtower revises blood policy, reformers plan life-saving campaign (posted 5/20/00)
	Death of Jehovah's Witness exploited by Georgian politician (posted 5/10/00)
	Taiwan allows JWs to do alternate military service (posted 5/3/00)
	European Court of Human Rights issues landmark ruling in favor of conscientious objector (posted 4/6/00)
	Witness loses life needlessly over own ignorance of WT's changing doctrines. (posted 3/28/00)
	BBC News article suggests JWS can have blood and escape disfellowshipping, many do. (posted 3/27/00)
	Witnesses in Moscow Still Awaiting Recognition (posted 3/13/00)
	Watchtower asks publishers to turn in old literature (posted 3/13/00)
	Top court in Japan backs right to refuse blood (posted 3/2/00)
	Petersburg Court recognizes JWs as sect (posted 3/2/00)
	Witnesses Cost Me My Family (kidnapping) (posted 2/13/00) reader responses
	1999 Watchtower Factoids (growth) (posted 1/26/00)
	Watchtower concerned over bad press in Canada, hosts program (posted 1/23/00) updated 3/6/00
	Update from Japan on Watchtower Growth, Kingdom Halls, etc. (posted 1/21/00)
	Jehovah's Witness Dies After Refusing Transfusion (posted 1/20/00)

	Jehovah's Witness responds to press criticism (posted 12/19/99) see press criticism
	Italian Government May Sign Agreement with Jehovah's Witnesses (posted 12/11/99)
	The The Religious Discrimination Act - UK How it can affect employers, etc. (posted 12/7/99)
	Freedom of Conscience in the Republic of Bashkortostan (posted 11/29/99)
	WT bloodguilty regarding voting? (posted 11/10/99)
	Violence towards Witnesses in Georgia (Russia) (posted 11/8/99)
	Watchtower opens new Public relations website (posted 11/8/99)
	Russian Mother complains about JW daughter, more Russian news (posted 11/8/99)
	Ed Dunlap, former Gilead registrar, dies (posted 10/5/99)
	Four new members added to the WT's Governing Body (posted 10/4/99)
	Earthquakes not more frequent, say scientists (posted 9/27/99)
	Is the Watchtower Allowing Voting now? (posted 9/27/99)
	Consumer Reports on Blood Transfusions (posted 8/27/99)
	Jehovah's Witnesses Dial Up Converts with Telemarketing (posted 8/5/99)
	Georgian Patriarchate Declares War on Sectarians (JWs) (posted 7/18/99)
	Russia Church Investigates Sect Recruitment Methods (7/14/99)
	Witness-run H2O message board declares autonomy from WT after supposed threat (7/1/99)
	Paris Rejects U.S. Report on Religious Freedom (6/25/99)
	Russia To Hear Witness Appeal in Moscow (6/28/99)
	European Assembly Gives Priority to Cult Prevention (6/22/99)
	"Religious Intolerance and Discrimination" (6/18/99)
	Europe's Anti-Religious Trends Focus of Commission Hearing (6/8/99)
	Religious Freedom in Western Europe: Religious Minorities and Growing (6/7/99)
	Update on Russia: No Door-to-Door? (5/25/99)
	Russia Renews Jehovah's Witnesses (update) (5/6/99)
	Watchtower Website Offers "Old Light" to Visitors (updated 4/28/99 with "new light")
	Moscow Trial Drags On/Theology Issues (4/2/99)
	Moscow court stalls on studying JW literature (3/5/99)
	Drunken driver gets 10 years in blood transfusion question (3/12/99)
	Court Gives Weight to medical Wishes (for teen JW) (2/25/99)
	Court Case postponed in Russia until Monday: reason (2/12/99)
	Letter to elders in England (1/21/99, letter dated 10/20/98)
	Watchtower Spokesman Paul Gillies Speaks Out on Blood (6/14/98)
	Gay Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses Experiences Printed in Echo Magazine (1/7/99)
	Pomona woman's death - manslaughter verdict only (12/19/98)
	Jehovah Witness dies after refusing blood tranfusion (12/12/98)
	Is it Murder if Victim Refuses Blood Transfusion Due to Faith? (12/13/98)
	Pilot Crashes into Mountain verdict/JW Parents (11/19/98)
	The latest on Russia and the Watchtower (11/18/98)
	Jehovah's Witnesses threatened with being banned in Moscow (9/29/98)
	Letter from Watchtower explaining their stand on Bulgaria/blood to one writing in (dated 8/27/98)
	European Update regarding Jehovah's Witnesses and Bulgaria, etc. (9/15/98)
	full-page ad put in New York Times re: France (Sunday, 7/15/98)
	France fines Witnesses $50 million in taxes (updated 7/6/98)