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For Immediate ReleaseJuly 28, 2008

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Arson destroys religious meeting hall in Russia

CHEKHOV, Russia—For the first time in the modern history of Russia, arson left a Kingdom Hall, or house of worship used by Jehovah’s Witnesses, in charred ruins. This comes at a time when official opposition to religious freedom has reached the [...]

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July 16, 2008

FSB officers raid Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
YEKATERINBURG, Russia—On Wednesday, July 16, at 11:00 a.m., officers from the FSB security service arrived at a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Yekaterinburg and detained 18 members present, some of whom were doing building repair work, others were rehearsing for an [...]

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Russian prosecutors attempt to use extremist law against Jehovah’s Witnesses
YEKATERINBURG, Russia—The prosecutor’s office in the city of Asbest is seeking to misapply a law on extremist activity to Jehovah’s Witnesses’ literature. This could lead to a ban on the literature used by Jehovah’s Witnesses and even on their worship in [...]

Video News Releases

 Faithful Under Trials—Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Soviet Union
On three nights in early April 1951, thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses from Ukraine, Moldavia, and the Baltic lands—men, women, and children—were loaded into boxcars and exiled to Siberia. Why did the powerful Soviet government regard the Witnesses as a threat? How did they survive and prosper [...]

Membership and Publishing Statistics
Membership
The following chart represents worldwide membership statistics as of August 2007. A report broken down by country is also available.

Annual Worldwide Statistics

Attendance at the annual Memorial of Christ’s death

17,672,443

Total volunteer hours spent in public Bible educational work

1.4 billion

Average weekly home Bible courses taught

6,561,426

Practicing members*

6,957,852

New members baptized

298,304

Increase over 2006

3.1 percent

Branch offices

113

Congregations

101,376

* While other [...]

 
Witnesses begin series of “Guided by God’s Spirit” conventions
NEW YORK—Jehovah’s Witnesses announce the start of their 2008 “Guided by God’s Spirit” three-day conventions and enthusiastically invite all to attend. The first six of these events begin today in various locations across the United States: Long Beach, California; Pueblo, Colorado; Bloomington, Illinois; Portland, Maine; Jersey City, [...]

Conscientious Objectors
REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH*
May 2, 2008
Currently, there are 73 Jehovah’s Witnesses who are in prison for their conscientious refusal of military service on religious grounds. Of these, 67 have been tried and convicted and 6 have been charged and are awaiting their trial. Moreover, 5 Jehovah’s Witnesses received suspended sentences. The names, dates [...]

Four years in a labor colony for being a Christian
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan—The Samarkand Criminal Court sentenced Olim Turayev to four years in a labor colony for practicing his Christian faith. He was imprisoned for teaching his religious beliefs to others and for organizing illegal religious activity, acts that according to Articles 229-2 and 216 of the [...]

 
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Uzbekistan prosecutes peaceful believers
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan—Practicing an unregistered religion. That was the “crime” Olim Turayev has been charged with. It has a potential penalty of five years in prison. The 34-year-old medical doctor and family man with three sons is the first one of Jehovah’s Witnesses to be charged under Article 216 of Uzbekistan’s Criminal [...]

Membership and Publishing Statistics
Membership
The following chart represents worldwide membership statistics as of August 2007. A report broken down by country is also available.

Annual Worldwide Statistics

Attendance at the annual Memorial of Christ’s death

17,672,443

Total volunteer hours spent in public Bible educational work

1.4 billion

Average weekly home Bible courses taught

6,561,426

Practicing members*

6,957,852

New members baptized

298,304

Increase over 2006

3.1 percent

Branch offices

113

Congregations

101,376

* While other [...]

Communiqué
- Le 18 janvier 2008 -
Communiqué de l’Association Cultuelle les Témoins de Jéhovah de France
Dans un contexte de dénigrement tous azimuts à l’encontre des Témoins de Jéhovah, les médias se font l’écho de temps à autre d’accusations d’atteintes sexuelles sur des mineurs qu’auraient commises, ou passées sous silence, certains Témoins de Jéhovah. Des accusations graves [...]

Asociación Mundial de los Testigos de Jehová edita un nuevo sitio autorizado
A partir del 1 de enero de 2008:
Este es uno de los sitios autorizados de los testigos de Jehová. Mediante este sitio se distribuyen por todo el mundo publicaciones y otro tipo de informaciones de los testigos de Jehová:

www.jw.org 
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Response to NBC
For the sake of the victims in these cases, we are pleased that a settlement has been reached. Our hearts go out to all those who suffer as a result of child abuse. Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide are united in their abhorrence of this sin and crime.—Romans 12:9.
We do not condone or protect child [...]

For Immediate Release
November 1, 2007
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Witnesses uphold the Bible as worthy of investigation in
special issue of Awake!
NEW YORK—In an age when it has become increasingly popular to criticize and denigrate the Bible, Jehovah’s Witnesses remain staunch advocates of careful study of its content. Witnesses are publicizing compelling reasons for investigating the Bible in the November [...]

For Immediate Release
October 24, 2007
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Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Tajikistan
TAJIKISTAN — On October 11, 2007, the Assembly of the Council Commission of the Ministry of Culture issued a decision to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Republic of Tajikistan. The 600 Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country view this action as discriminatory in nature, since no other [...]