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2004
| Protestant Proselytizers Eye 10% of Turks: Report (posted 12/31/04) |
| The Legal System and Clergy Abuse in 2004: Reasons for optimism (posted 12/30/04) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses victim exonerated by court in Tbilisi, Georgia (posted 12/28/04) |
| Stats of religious growth/decline in B.C Canada (posted 12/27/04) |
| The meaning of Christmas debated (posted 12/27/04) |
| The Holocaust Program helps students understand how it happened (posted 12/17/04) |
| Spreading the word tests freedom of speech (posted 12/17/04) |
| The End of the World: Why do end-of-time beliefs endure? (posted 12/17/04) |
| 80% of JWs in Briton have Living Trusts due to blood transfusion issue (posted 12/14/04) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses learn Arabic in outreach to Muslims (posted 12/13/04) also here |
| Latin America: Evangelical Christianity Moves the Masses (posted 12/9/04) |
| Article and pictures of WT DUMBO project approved (posted 12/7/04) |
| New novel 'In the Truth' by Paul McCool about young Witnesses (posted 12/6/04) |
| 1992 murder conviction upheld against William Carlson (posted 12/6/04) |
| JW wife killer weds again (posted 12/6/04) |
| Watchtower DUMBO building project okayed but slimmed down (posted 12/3/04) |
| Watchtower manages to get good assembly rental prices (posted 12/2/04) |
| RUSSIA: Governor links Jehovah's Witnesses and Islamic militants as "destructive cults" (posted 11/30/04) |
| BRAINWASHING: The Science of Thought Control By Kathleen Taylor (posted 11/29/04) |
| Counselor fights for freedom of cult victims 'one mind at a time' (posted 11/24/04) |
| JW Church faces abuse complaints - JW policy - Address issues internally (posted 11/22/04) |
| Man Shot Outside Video Store Rejected Transfusion Because Of Beliefs (posted 11/20/04) |
| Armenia Church Wants Fresh Ban on Jehovah's Witnesses (posted 11/19/04) |
| Was church legally bound to report child abuse? (posted 11/16/04) |
| Abuse Suit Seeks Change in State Law (posted 11/15/04) |
| U.K. Watchtower takes online donations (posted 11/12/04) |
| New DVD out called "In the Name of Jehovah" by NAMB (posted 11/10/04) |
| Can you stand in court with a silent lamb? (posted 11/9/04) |
| Juries, not technicalities, are way to settle abuse cases (posted 11/8/04) |
| No Potentially Deciding Votes Among Jehovah's Witnesses (posted 10/30/04) |
| Religious groups and celebrating Halloween (posted 10/29/04) |
| Religious communities facing obstacles in visiting co-religionists include Jehovah's Witnesses... (posted 10/27/04) |
| Dad blames church for death of teen; case referred (posted 10/25/04) |
| Armenia registers Jehovah's Witnesses (posted 10/13/04) |
| NO TRESPASSING signs will now keep Witnesses from your door legally (posted 10/11/04) |
| French court confirms 60-percent confiscatory tax measure on religious donations to WT (posted 10/6/04) |
| Jackson Jive: Scholars get Jacko-demic at Yale, and Jackson/JW cult (posted 9/30/04) |
| Uganda Church leaders oppose "protocol" law, would affect Witnesses (posted 9/29/04) |
| Marty Markowitz this week disapproved a plan by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (posted 9/28/04) |
| House OKs limits on courts' pledge hearings: affects Pledge of Allegiance (posted 9/24/04) |
| WT sells Valley Assembly Hall once owned by Bop Hope (Woodland Hills, CA) (posted 9/23/04) |
| Recent rulings in JW cases and key ruling to help abuse issue. The mountain is getting smaller (posted 9/22/04) |
| Three Warning Signs That Curiosity is Becoming a Cult-Like Obsession (posted 9/15/04) |
| Awards of punitive damages against religions: Is it constitutional? (posted 9/15/04) |
| Candlelight Vigil for Meza Children - Witnesses refuse to assist family (posted 9/11/04) |
| Russian authorities raid meeting of deaf Witnesses (posted 9/9/04) |
| Dad's lawsuit cites Fear of Armageddon (posted 8/30/04) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses sued by Calgary father over cancer death of teen daughter (posted 8/30/04) |
| Lawrence Hughes sues Canadian branch over loss of daughter re: blood transfusion (PDF file) (posted 8/27/04) |
| Lawsuit: Cancer victim's dad claims Jehovah's Witnesses contributed to death (posted 8/27/04) |
| AFF Cult Conference Oct. 15-16, 2004 in Atlanta will include Silentlambs (posted 8/24/04) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses stay home election day because it won't change anything (posted 8/22/04) |
| It's everyone's duty to protect children (Charlotte Observer) (posted 8/20/04) |
| Mitigating circumstances in the murder case of James Allridge (posted 8/19/04) |
| The Power of Cults: new book by Janja Lalich (posted 8/12/04) |
| JW murder/pedophile tragedy in Charlotte, NC (posted 8/11/04) |
| Brooklyn Bethel expansion plans - Real Video (posted 8/5/04) |
| ARMENIA: Imprisonment, no registration, and no identity documents for JWs (posted 8/4/04) |
| Please contribute to assist Silentlambs (posted 8/3/04) |
| Jehovah's Witness Congress broken up (posted 7/28/04) |
| Conscientious objectors were tortured in Turkmen prisons (posted 7/27/04) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses ― pacifists and model prisoners (posted 7/27/04) |
| Witnesses active in Jamaica (posted 7/19/04) |
| Supreme Court Rules Conscientious Objectors Guilty of Breaking Law in South Korea (posted 7/16/04) |
| Top South Korean court bars conscientious objector status (posted 7/16/04) |
| Witnesses welcome all in The Bahamas to "Walk With God" (Assembly) (posted 7/13/04) |
| Firpo Carr, the Jackson family's 'spiritual advisor' explains how the star is the victim of a racist plot (posted 7/12/04) |
| Watchtower DUMBO building plan facing list of fixes (posted 7/9/04) |
| Thousands witness baptisms as part of local convention (Roanoke, VA) (posted 7/6/04) |
| 15,000 Witnesses to meet in Kentucky Convention (posted 7/1/04) |
| Witnesses to Pain (Las Vegas) on JW child abuse problems (posted 6/30/04) |
| Author Roy Milton (Truth or Consequences) to speak at a church in Downey, CA August 1st (posted 6/24/04) |
| Uzbekistan: Jehovah's Witnesses Pledge to Combat Police Beatings (posted 6/24/04) |
| Russia: Jehovah's Witnesses Come Under Pressure From Officials (posted 6/23/04) |
| Watchtower DUMBO plans released to Brooklyn Papers (posted 6/21/04) |
| Denver SNAP conference with silentlambs a success (posted 6/21/04) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses gather in Amarillo (posted 6/17/04) |
| Moscow Appeals Court Outlaws 11,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in upholding ban (posted 6/16/04) |
| JW baby in Seoul gets liver transplant using autologous blood (posted 6/8/04) |
| Article on Mormons shows they rent from Jehovah's Witnesses! (posted 6/3/04) |
| Europe watches for Appeal Court's ruling on banning Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow (posted 6/1/04) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses begin series of conventions nationwide this week (posted 5/28/04) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses in prison bullies other inmates to make converts (posted 5/25/04) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses wrongly imprisoned according to the Watchtower (posted 5/17/04) |
| "Raped by my Jehovah-Father" story from Denmark (posted 5/14/04) |
| Satan's Witnesses part 3 (editorial from Denmark) on sex abuse (posted 5/11/04) |
| Putting Themselves Above the Law (more Denmark abuse stories) (posted 5/10/04) |
| Silentlambs participating in National SNAP Convention (posted 5/10/04) |
| Why Ensuring Accountability for Clergy Sexual Abuse of Children Has Proved So Difficult (posted 5/7/04) |
| Divining Liability in the JW sex abuse cases (posted 5/5/04) |
| Bully Victim Sentenced - JW abusers in the news (posted 5/5/04) |
| Uzbekistan court says sharing Bible texts with ailing woman is a crime (posted 5/5/04) |
| Press Release on the Watchtower and the United Nations scandal (posted 5/4/04) |
| Nelson Mandela's former JW wife Evelyn dies (posted 5/3/04) |
| Jehovah’s Witness Leadership Excuses Rapist (posted 5/3/04) |
| 11-year old sex-abused by her Jehovah’s Witness-grandfather (posted 5/3/04) |
| Jehovah children in Denmark are afraid to tell mom and dad about abuse (posted 5/3/04) |
| Jermaine Jackson (accompanied by his family's JW spiritual advisor) in Bahrain saying Muslims are the new Negroes in America" (posted 4/27/04) |
| Record $400,000 settlement awarded JW family over surgery lawsuit (posted 4/26/04) |
| Silentlambs March on Washington a Success! (posted 4/26/04) |
| Sex abuse victims target Jehovah's Witness in civil suit (posted 4/22/04) |
| Woman's family blames doctor in her death (no transfusion) (posted 4/21/04) |
| Russia: Jehovah's Witness rental contracts cancelled (posted 4/13/04) |
| Armenian Party calls for ban on Jehovah's Witnesses (posted 4/13/04) |
| Recycling could cut blood shortage (posted 4/13/04) |
| Are child molesters allowed to remain as elders? (posted 4/13/04) |
| WT PR spokesman: A license to lie about abuse (posted 4/13/04) |
| WT sells 360 Furman St. complex - one million square foot building (posted 4/12/04) |
| From Sex God to Doorstep Bible Basher (Prince in the News) (posted 4/12/04) |
| Abuse Case goes to Trial in Texas (posted 4/8/04) |
| First National Annual Race to Stop the Silence w/ Silentlambs (posted 4/8/04) |
| Nevada Limits Parent's Rights in Medical Blood Issues (posted 4/7/04) |
| Jehovah's Witness ban in Moscow highlights confusion (posted 4/5/04) |
| Religion Today on AP wire, Bowen and Silentlambs (posted 4/2/04) |
| Silentlambs Summit success in Nashville (posted 4/1/04) |
| Church hails Jehovah's Witness ban in Moscow (posted 3/30/04) |
| 'Prince is King,' hosts 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (posted 3/29/04) |
| Moscow bans Jehovah's Witnesses (posted 3/26/04) |
| JWs set up information table, website at Ohio University (posted 3/26/04) |
| Sexual Abuse Case argued (posted 3/26/04) |
| New JW Lawsuits Allege Sexual Abuse (posted 3/23/04) |
| Dispersing Holocaust funds to Jehovah's Witnesses and others by Judge (posted 3/22/04) |
| UZBEKISTAN: Police arrest, insult and threaten to rape female Jehovah's Witnesses (posted 3/22/04) |
| Is Prince Losing Faith in Sex? New concert trend (posted 3/17/04) |
| DEVOUT Jehovah's Witness and family man raped two children and assaulted five others (posted 3/17/04) |
| Sect or religion? Jehovah's Witnesses fight for acknowledgment (posted 3/15/04) |
| Jehovah's Witness climbed into bed with boy (posted 3/13/04) |
| Radical Georgian Ex-Priest held; responsible for JW persecution (posted 3/12/04) |
| Annandale church [kingdom hall] isn't liable in abuse suit (posted 3/12/04) |
| Baptist speaker stresses importance of good attitude in defending faith (posted 3/10/04) |
| WT's guilt in joining the U.N. as an NGO - DISCUSSION, text and more links (posted 3/8/04) |
| 2004 District Conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses (schedule) (posted 3/2/04) |
| Witness mom takes three children to see "The Passion," part of their education (posted 3/1/04) |
| 5th Estate returns to interview pedophile victims of WT policy Wednesday night (posted 2/24/04) |
| California lawsuit accuses church official of sex abuse (The Press Democrat) (posted 2/20/04) |
| Silentlambs conference to confront child abuse (The Tennessean) (posted 2/23/04) |
| Press conference for sexually abused JWs in Nashville a success (posted 2/13/04) |
| Group Announces First Annual National Conference for Sexually Abused JWs (posted 2/11/04) |
| Private religious service raided in Eritrea: 38 JWs arrested (posted 2/10/04) |
| Silentlambs Courage Award banquet in Nashville March 27, 2004 (posted 2/9/04) |
| New book: The Four Presidents of the Watch Tower Society - order now! (posted 2/2/04) |
| Current List of Watch Tower Society Officers as of 1/22/04 (posted 1/22/04) |
| Did victim's religious beliefs lead to own homicide? (posted 1/12/04) |
| Naomi Campbell raised as a JW, mom Valerie says (posted 1/9/04) |
| Med trauma patients OK'd to receive blood substitute (posted 1/7/04) |
| Jackson's attorney says Nation of Islam has no role (posted 1/5/04) |
| Sweden branch of Jehovah's Witnesses files complaint (posted 1/4/04) |
| Firpo Carr touted as Michael Jackson's 'spiritual advisor" (posted 1/4/04) |
| A merry non-Christmas at schools (posted 1/2/04) |
2003
| JW congregations argue first amendment rights in abuse case (posted 12/18/03) |
| Michael Jackson reportedly joins Nation of Islam on eve of charges (posted 12/18/03) |
| DUMBO area of Brooklyn Heights says 'No' to Watchtower housing development project (posted 12/15/03) |
| NYC play about how a former JW was banned from the religion that he followed for decades (posted 12/11/03) |
| JW Paedophile's lenient sentence increased (posted 12/10/03) |
| Eccentric, maybe, but their kingdom keeps coming (Sydney convention) (posted 12/9/03) |
| Bob Passantino, noted Christian cult apologist, dies (posted 12/8/03) |
| JW congregations want court order in sexual abuse case (posted 12/4/03) |
| AFF Cult Conference in Alberta in June 2004 (posted 12/4/03) |
| Teen pleads innocent to setting fire to Kingdom Hall (posted 12/2/03) |
| Watchtower Society sued for covering up for man accused of molestation (posted 12/1/03) |
| Margaret Singer - expert on brainwashing - passes away at 82 (posted 11/25/03) |
| Calgary, Canada WT protest pictures from Oct 22, 2003 (posted 11/25/03) |
| Disarm your doorbell - 60,000 Witnesses are on the way (posted 11/24/03) |
| Irreconcilable beliefs shattered family over blood transfusion (posted 11/20/03) |
| Unity draws Jehovah's Witnesses to Evanston congregations (posted 11/17/03) |
| Watchtower to build residential towers in DUMBO area of Brooklyn (posted 11/12/03) |
| Watch a clip from Donald D'Haene's film/book: Father's Touch (posted 11/10/03) |
| JW position on blood from the Univ. of PA Health System (chart) (posted 11/6/03) |
| Good news in the Vicki Boer case - media blitz paid off! (posted 11/3/03) |
| There is Life After Watch Tower - visit to Russia September 2003 (posted 11/1/03) |
| Abuse Victims Do Have Supporters (news articles) (posted 10/31/03) |
| Useful Watchtower news for the media (in-depth report) (posted 10/28/03) |
| Contributions to the United Way may end up in the Watchtower's coffers! (posted 10/28/03) |
| Former JW church elder admits molestation (posted 10/20/03) |
| JWs spend nine long years in Eritrean prison camp (posted 10/14/03) |
| New Danish book about the horrors of one woman ignored by the Watchtower (posted 10/14/03) |
| Jury rejects plea to keep rapist locked away (posted 10/8/03) |
| Watchtower cites success at "Give God Glory" District Conventions (posted 10/7/03) |
| JW elder faces charge of sexual abuse at hospital (posted 10/6/03) |
| Ex-Witnesses Now for Jesus Convention Oct 17-19, 2003 in PA (posted 10/1/03) |
| How you can help and a Press Release for Vicky Boer case (posted 10/1/03) |
| Protest Rally in Canada Oct 20th over blood deaths issue (posted 10/1/03) |
| "Bearing Witness," the story of a Canadian support group for ex-JWs (posted 9/30/03) |
| Vicki Boer who won sex abuse case must now pay WT legal fees of $142,000 (posted 9/30/03) |
| Canada Supreme Court refuses appeal by Jehovah's Witness girl re: blood (posted 9/25/03) |
| JWs Venus and Serena Williams' sister murdered in Compton (posted 9/14/03) | Canada transfusion trial to rule on new evidence (posted 9/11/03) |
| Annual conventions in Russia disrupted and cancelled (posted 9/10/03) |
| Omaha hospital withdraws lawsuit over blood (posted 9/10/03) |
| Omaha hospital sues to force tot's surgery (posted 9/10/03) |
| Witnesses can go door-to-door in Blaineville, Montreal (posted 9/04/03) |
| Watchtower to move printing operations upstate (posted 9/02/03) |
| Christianity Today article on JWs being highest in switching religions (posted 8/28/03) |
| HELP Silentlambs with new abuse Educational Program (posted 8/27/03) |
| JW father kills self and own 12-year old son (posted 8/26/03) |
| An INDICTMENT against the Watchtower re: their hypocrisy and crimes (PDF format) (posted 8/19/03) |
| Witness convention becomes special event for Waco couple (posted 8/18/03) |
| Bethany's battle rages a year after her death (posted 8/15/03) |
| JWs hit with rash of sex abuse suits - San Francisco Chronicle (posted 7/31/03) |
| NATIONWIDE lawsuits allege cover up of sexual abuse by Jehovah's Witnesses (posted 7/29/03) |
| Laurie Roth Show/William H. Bowen Radio Interview Transcript (posted 7/28/03) |
| Bethany's Battle Rages a Year After Her Death - Custody Battle over sister (posted 7/25/03) |
| Watchtower asking woman to pay legal fees in sex abuse suit (posted 7/25/03) |
| Islanders furious as JW pedophile back in their midst (posted 7/21/03) |
| More than 6,500 area Jehovah's Witnesses are in Columbus for a weekend convention (posted 7/19/03) |
| Watchtower attacks abuse survivors in Sweden! Spreads misinformation... (posted 7/17/03) |
| Long Beach Calif. Convention involves trading free work for usage (posted 7/16/03) |
| Some old molest charges may stand (abuse issues) (posted 7/14/03) |
| Text from Vicky Boer decision/sexual abuse trial (posted 7/11/03) |
| New "Great Teacher" book from assemblies addresses molestation (posted 7/8/03) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses gain strength from Ogden Gathering (posted 7/7/03) |
| Witnesses to Abuse (posted 7/7/03) |
| LANDMARK DECISION - Vicki Boer vs Watchtower Society (posted 6/30/03) |
| Sell of WT property could eventually convert into $500,000,000 in apts. (posted 6/27/03) |
| Judge: Elders NOT required to report abuse (news and discussion) (posted 6/25/03) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses pack Silverdome for convention (posted 6/24/03) |
| Butcher in France reacts violently to JWs preaching end of world, knifes 6 (posted 6/20/03) |
| Oakland Press on "Give God Glory" District convention (posted 6/20/03) |
| Canadian poll shows 73% think Witnesses should have a permit to proselytize (posted 6/19/03) |
| Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer cites 1959 landmark ruling on rights (posted 6/17/03) |
| WTBTS financial empire: the tip of the iceberg! (posted 6/16/03) |
| Disfellowshipping/suicide figures in Oregon murder case (posted 6/13/03) |
| Article from The Brooklyn Paper on WT waterfront property for sale (posted 6/10/03) |
| Special tour groups to tour WT New York headquarters (posted 6/10/03) |
| Witness musician Prince adds religion to his onstage performances (posted 6/6/03) |
| Judge OKs release of JW sexual predator (posted 6/6/03) |
| WT wants to begin downsizing Brooklyn slowly, moving North (posted 5/29/03) |
| Russia requires "expert study" to be done on JW literature as safeguard (posted 5/27/03) |
| LAMBS TO PROTECT KIDS WORLDWIDE campaign (Memorial Day) (posted 5/21/03) |
| 'Boston Movement' (Kip McKean) falters for lack of leader, Governing Body (posted 5/20/03) |
| Watchtower releases "Protect Your Children" program in Germany to counter abuse rep |
