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martes, 18 de junio de 2013
viernes, 14 de junio de 2013
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Como son varios países solo puse el link en el nombre del continente. Pinchad ese link y verán una carpeta para ver casa folleto en pdf.
Saludos.
jueves, 13 de junio de 2013
CEDH ha multado a la Federación de Rusia para la divulgación de dos de los "Testigos de Jehová"
http://rapsinews.ru/international_news/20130606/267687380.html
MOSCÚ, 06 de junio -. Violación, Maria Zuev Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos (TEDH) ha multado a Rusia por violar los derechos de los dos miembros de la organización "Testigos de Jehová" religiosas sobre la denuncia relativa a la divulgación de la información contenida en sus registros médicos, de acuerdo con una decisión publicada de la corte el jueves .
La queja se refiere a la orden de la Fiscalía de San Petersburgo en junio de 2007, todos los hospitales que informe sobre los fallos de los miembros de los "Testigos de Jehová" de una transfusión de sangre en relación con la investigación de la legalidad de la organización, de acuerdo con una decisión judicial.
Los demandantes apelaron ante el Tribunal de Derechos Humanos de que la divulgación de sus registros médicos sobre los fracasos de las transfusiones de sangre, mientras que en los hospitales del Estado violó (derecho al respeto de la vida privada y familiar) y el artículo 8 (prohibición de discriminación) del artículo 14 del Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos persona.
Los demandantes eran tres ciudadanos de Rusia, los miembros de los "Testigos de Jehová": Avilkina Catherine, nacida en 2006, viviendo en Nalchik, Nina Dubinin, nacido en 1959, vive en Murmansk y Valentina Zhukova nació en 1956 y vive en la región de Leningrado, así como en sí una organización religiosa, "Centro Administrativo de los Testigos de Jehová en Rusia", en San Petersburgo.
La Corte determinó una violación por parte de las autoridades rusas en el artículo 8 de la Convención sobre la queja y Avilkina Zhukova, la búsqueda sin necesidad de la divulgación de la información médica confidencial por el solicitante. CEDH ordenó a Rusia a pagar € 5.000 por concepto de daño moral para cada uno de ellos, así como 2,5 miles de euros de costes Avilkina y € 1.900 Zhukova.
Al mismo tiempo, el TEDH declaró inadmisible organización religiosa Dubinina la queja y no establece el hecho de la revelación de la información médica, como muy tarde. La decisión no es final, y el plazo de tres meses después de su expedición, cualquiera de las partes podrá solicitar la remisión del asunto ante la Gran Sala del TEDH.
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El JUICIO de dieciséis testigos de Jehová cuyo juicio comenzó en Taganrog el 30 de mayo
http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/225123/
Los cargos en el caso de los 16 Testigos de Jehová en Taganrog absurdos y vagas, según los expertos.
Dieciséis testigos de Jehová cuyo juicio comenzó en Taganrog el 30 de mayo, muestra lo absurdo de la legislación contra el extremismo de Rusia, dijo en una conferencia de prensa en Moscú, expertos en el campo de los derechos humanos. Endebles y no concreta n ozitsiyu pidió el enjuiciamiento de los casos de abogado Victor Zhenkov creyentes.
Recordemos, la investigación consideró que los acusados ignoraron la decisión del Tribunal Regional de Rostov, que en septiembre de 2009 reconoció a la comunidad religiosa de los Testigos de Jehová en Taganrog extremista y prohibió sus actividades en Rostov-on-Don, y también en Neklinovsky y Matveyev regiones Kurgan de la región de Rostov. Los testigos de Jehová en Taganrog continuaron actividad prohibida por el tribunal y estudiaron la literatura incluida en la lista de materiales extremistas , según la fiscalía.
Los acusados se declararon inocentes. Protección de los creyentes indica el fracaso de los cargos y reclamaciones ante la ausencia de evidencia.
Las audiencias preliminares fueron dieciséis los testigos de Jehová acusados de extremismo, celebrada el 13 y 20 de mayo , la reunión reprogramada para el 26 de junio .
Abogado: ¿Qué acusó específicamente a los acusados, no está claro
La base de la acusación de un grupo de creyentes ha establecido la decisión del Tribunal Regional de Rostov el 11 de septiembre de 2009 en un caso civil de la liquidación de la persona jurídica - una organización religiosa local (MPO), los Testigos de Jehová "Taganrog". Recurso de apelación contra esta decisión se encuentra ahora ante el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos, dijo el 3 de junio en una conferencia de prensa en el Centro de Prensa Independiente de Moscú abogado Victor Zhenkov creyentes.
Según él, los Testigos de Jehová en Taganrog apelaron ante la Corte Suprema de Rusia, con quejas sobre la decisión del Tribunal Regional de Rostov. Sin embargo, las quejas no se trataron con la motivación de que la decisión judicial se aplica sólo a la persona jurídica y no se aplica a los individuos.
"En efecto, a juicio de la nada es lo que dice que los individuos tienen prohibido reunirse para leer la Biblia y para llevar a cabo actividades religiosas, pero resultó que las autoridades policiales en Taganrog entender la decisión del tribunal regional no es, como la Corte entiende que ya las autoridades policiales de la siguiente manera..: si la actividad de una organización religiosa local prohibió, entonces prohibió todas las actividades religiosas de los Testigos de Jehová en la región. Es decir, ellos tienen el derecho de llevar a cabo sus negocios en Rostov, Tomsk, Omsk y otras ciudades, pero no en Taganrog. policía tanto operativa, comenzó el FSB . para recolectar información sobre personas específicas, vigilancia a los lugares donde se llevan a cabo los servicios, había cámaras de vídeo, grabadas en secreto, y luego llevaron a cabo redadas masivas , interrogatorios, la eliminación de los efectos personales ", - dijo Víctor Zhenkov.
El resultado de la actividad operativa, de investigación, de acuerdo con el abogado, era la causa penal 62 volúmenes contra los Testigos de Jehová, los 16 acusados de organizar y participar en las actividades de las organizaciones extremistas (artículo 282.2 del Código Penal).
"La acusación de 20 volúmenes, pero ¿qué pagan 14 hombres y dos mujeres - que no queda claro Publicado: una persona ha participado en las actividades de las organizaciones extremistas, pero lo que se expresó - no expresados creemos son absurdo, inverosímil,.. vagos "- dijo el abogado.
Agregó que un año después del inicio del investigador caso invitó al acusado y les pidió usar las notas al artículo 282.2 - una persona que ha dejado de participar en una organización extremista está exento de responsabilidad criminal.
Sin embargo, los testigos de Jehová han declarado que nunca iniciaron sus actividades extremistas, y por lo tanto no pueden detenerlo, transmitió la posición del abogado del acusado Zhenkov.
Testigos de Jehová: Autoridades nos están conduciendo a la clandestinidad
Uno de los acusados, de 30 años de edad, Kirill Kravchenko, dijo en una conferencia de prensa que, desde 1993, tratando de vivir de acuerdo a los preceptos bíblicos. Terminó la regular y la escuela de música, cantando en el coro, es gracias al alcalde de Taganrog. Desarrollado por la empresa mayorista. En 2011 se casó y seis meses más tarde comenzó a ser investigado .
"Es realmente afectó mi vida y las vidas de los miembros de la familia que estoy bajo arresto domiciliario, sin el permiso del investigador no puede ir a otros familiares en la ciudad o en un viaje de negocios que constantemente tienen que pedir permiso en el trabajo -.. Sobre las acciones de investigación de leer el criminal Causa en la corte No sabemos lo que se nos acusa de estar por la ley bíblica, cumplir los Diez Mandamientos -.. y no ser un extremista, "- dijo Kirill Kravchenko.
Los puntos de vista de otros miembros de la conferencia de prensa de los Testigos de Jehová se enteró de un video que aparece en la prensa independiente.
En particular, dijo Alexander Skvortsov que después del inicio de la investigación, los casos de agresión contra los Testigos de Jehová en Taganrog.
Oksana Trotsyuk dijo que las búsquedas, la investigación y el tribunal mucho le recuerdan lo que estaba pasando con la familia de sus padres durante la Unión Soviética. Su padre, Nikolai Trotsyuk ya ha sido condenado a tres años por su participación en la organización de los Testigos de Jehová.
Valery Kosuhin describe cómo el edificio confiscado, construido con donaciones de los fieles. "Antes, las autoridades saben dónde vamos ahora estamos siendo llevados bajo tierra," - dijo.
"La justicia se ha comprometido a grabar Rostov-tiempo para el número de imputados"
En el contexto de muchos de estos casos tratar Taganrog Testigos de Jehová se destaca por su tamaño, el director del centro de análisis "Búho", un miembro del Consejo Presidencial para Instituciones de la Sociedad Civil y Derechos Humanos, Alexander Verkhovskii.
"Rostov justicia va a poner un registro del número de acusados, por esta razón, la elección de los Testigos de Jehová, y no un grupo social peligrosa, que en nuestro país es suficiente" - dijo Verkhovskii.
Sin embargo, señaló que la investigación ha sido incapaz de empujar contra los Testigos de Jehová cualquier proceso significativo.
"¿Qué es un crimen La gente se reunió, llevaron a cabo el servicio, pero el servicio como tal, no puede ser un delito, porque en nuestro país, la libertad de conciencia individual no puede ser limitada por la decisión de prohibir la organización," - dijo el experto.
Alexander Verkhovskii también llamó la atención sobre el hecho de que el expediente que contiene la opinión de los expertos de Vladimir Storchaka . "La opinión de expertos era un hombre, no es neutral en materia religiosa - director adjunto del Departamento Misional del Patriarcado de Moscú," - dijo Alexander Verkhovskii, señalando sin embargo, que la conclusión de que el autor "tiene que dar la debida - esto no significa que los materiales se incita al odio y lo que es la humillación de otras religiones ".
Los tres aspectos mencionados en la acusación en el caso del director de los Testigos de Jehová Taganrog del Instituto de Derechos Humanos de Valentin Gefter.
"La primera cosa - que también promovieron opiniones religiosas contrarias a las disposiciones del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos Tal vez [el fiscal] tuvieron en cuenta que los testigos de Jehová ponen su religión más elevada que otras denominaciones Ayer por la tarde (2 de junio -... Comm. "Caucasian Knot") en el programa de televisión Solovyov sacerdote ortodoxo Estado dijo: "Sí, yo no me avergüenzo de decir que nuestra religión es la principal, cierto, cierto." Pero si se le puede decir a un hombre con un canal estatal en todo el país, no lo entiendo ¿Por qué los propios Testigos de Jehová en el círculo no se puede decir que una mejor comprensión de la verdad bíblica que otros segundos -.. la destrucción del matrimonio y la familia, distanciándose creyentes de sus parientes este yo mismo no puedo imaginar otra parte, los hechos concretos no se especifica, sólo. clichés comunes y el tercero - el trabajo de propaganda. única opción de trabajo a tiempo parcial "- aparece Valentin Gefter.
La fiscalía en el caso de Taganrog Testigos de Jehová Valentin Gefter llama absurdo e ilegal. "Lo siento mucho por la gente a veces quiero decir:. Bien, llegar a lo absurdo de la aplicación de la legislación contra el extremismo para garantizar que esta ley ya ha colapsado bajo su propio peso", - dijo.
Su visión de las razones por las que los Testigos de Jehová son perseguidos, no sólo por las fuerzas del orden, erudito religioso explicó la Academia de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales Catalina Elbakyan.
"Su organización más se parece a la primera comunidad cristiana. Este es uno de los de más rápido crecimiento las organizaciones religiosas en el mundo, y el establecimiento oficial es, por supuesto, es aterrador. Iglesia ortodoxa rusa y otras organizaciones siguen inscritos en este sistema político. Testigos enfatizado apolítica, viven su vida religiosa, "- dice Catalina Elbakyan.
" Caucasian Knot "aún no ha comentado sobre la acusación formulada en la conferencia de prensa de la defensa de los acusados y otros participantes.
Manfredonia, inaugurazione nuovo luogo di culto Testimoni di Geova
http://www.statoquotidiano.it/12/06/2013/manfredonia-inaugurazione-nuovo-luogo-di-culto-testimoni-di-geova/146000/
Manfredonia – DOMENICA 16 giugno alle ore 10.00 si inaugura a Manfredonia un nuovo luogo di culto dei testimoni di Geova, chiamato “Sala del Regno”, e situato in via Messapia insula C/9. Il programma di inaugurazione prevede un discorso ufficiale che sarà pronunciato da Giorgio Caminiti ministro itinerante dei testimoni di Geova.
I Testimoni hanno interamente autofinanziato l’opera di costruzione mediante offerte volontarie e hanno donato il loro tempo nei fine settimana e nei periodi di ferie. Hanno partecipato ai lavori uomini e donne, giovani e anziani, lavoratori specializzati e no. Complessivamente oltre 153 volontari hanno dato il loro contributo. In alcuni giorni festivi un massimo di 46 Testimoni d’ogni età lavoravano insieme con operosità e ordine. Durante la cerimonia di inaugurazione saranno intervistati alcuni di questi volontari che illustreranno ai presenti vari lavori eseguiti e il generoso impegno di tutti i testimoni che vi hanno partecipato.
La costruzione ha richiesto circa due anni e si estende su un unico livello, con una capienza di circa 90 posti. La struttura include un piccolo appartamento per il custode ed un parcheggio che può ospitare circa 50 macchine. Questa nuova costruzione va ad aggiungersi ad altre due Sale del Regno adiacenti alla stessa, che sono state inaugurate nel 2002. Il centro verrà utilizzato da una delle cinque comunità esistenti a Manfredonia che vi si radunerà due volte la settimana per essere istruiti, alla luce dei principi biblici, sui valori della famiglia, della morale e del rispetto cristiano. Chiunque lo vorrà potrà assistere alle funzioni liberamente; l’ingresso è aperto al pubblico e non si dovranno pagare somme di denaro per l’accesso.
La nuova Sala del Regno diventerà anche un punto di riferimento per organizzare l’opera di evangelizzazione dei Testimoni che reca benefici all’intera collettività. Infatti, grazie all’insegnamento dei valori cristiani impartito dai Testimoni, varie persone sono uscite dal tunnel della droga e altri hanno abbandonato stili di vita abbietti oppure salvato il proprio matrimonio in crisi.
Il centro ospiterà anche la celebrazione di matrimoni validi a tutti gli effetti civili in quanto esistono ministri di culto dei testimoni di Geova autorizzati dallo stato italiano a tale scopo, in virtù del riconoscimento legale come confessione religiosa concesso dallo Stato italiano.
A livello nazionale, la confessione conta oltre 365.000 associati, tra Testimoni e simpatizzanti. Nel mondo i Testimoni sono oltre 7.500.000 e circa 8.500.000 i simpatizzanti.
Assemblee Testimoni di Geova "La Parola di Dio è verità
http://www.irpinianews.it/CulturaEventi/news/?news=120003
Forchia. I Testimoni di Geova delle provincie di Avellino e Benevento; le città di Pozzuoli ,Bacoli , Monte di Procida ed Ischia stanno ultimando i preparativi per la loro annuale assemblea di distretto che si terrà presso la Sala delle Assemblee di Forchia dal 14 al 16 giugno 2013. Il tema dell’assemblea di quest’anno è “La Parola di Dio è verità”. “Il tema dell’assemblea di quest’anno è significativo perché sottolinea un valore che i Testimoni di Geova ritengono centrale per le famiglie”, afferma J. R. Brown, portavoce dei Testimoni. “Le famiglie di Testimoni considerano la Bibbia la fonte più fidata per avere guida e consigli in questi tempi turbolenti. Siamo convinti che anche il pubblico troverà utile e gradevole il programma, ricco di contenuti vari e pratici”. Brown osserva che lo studio personale della Bibbia è una priorità per i Testimoni di Geova. Ogni settimana le famiglie di Testimoni dedicano una sera allo studio e all’approfondimento della Bibbia, appuntamento che definiscono “adorazione in famiglia”. “L’assemblea di quest’anno fornirà alle famiglie, come a chiunque altro, nuovi strumenti per studiare la Bibbia a livello personale e familiare”, aggiunge Brown. “Questo è quel ‘qualcosa di nuovo’ che ogni anno i Testimoni aspettano con entusiasmo alle assemblee”. Come sempre avviene in questi raduni, ai discorsi degli oratori si alterneranno esperienze narrate dai diretti interessati e scenette che analizzeranno situazioni di vita quotidiana. I momenti clou saranno: il discorso intitolato “Che cos’è la verita?”che spiegherà perché possiamo avere fiducia nella parola di Dio la Bibbia e due rappresentazioni dal vivo ispirate ad episodi biblici che trasmetteranno un messaggio di forte attualità per tutti i presenti. Il congresso è aperto gratuitamente al pubblico. Le sessioni inizieranno presso la sala delle assemblee di Forchia alle ore 9.20 e termineranno alle ore 17.00 Consultate il sito ufficiale dei Testimoni,www. jw.org, per sapere dove e quando si terranno le assemblee di distretto del 2013 “La Parola di Dio è verità”, per scaricare il programma completo e vedere un video sulle nostre assemblee.
mercoledì 12 giugno 2013 alle 14.36)
martes, 11 de junio de 2013
PROGRAMA DE DEDICACION SALON DE ASAMBLEAS EL TREBOL AÑO 2002
Entre las muchas cosas buenas que me han tocado vivir esta el haber asistido a esta dedicación.
La asistencia a esta reunión fue la primera y única reunión de dedicación a la que he podido asistir.
Ni a mi propio salón pude asistir por culpa de “un inicuo”. Pero las cosas caen por su peso y él ya no está.
En algún disco (CD) debo tener la reseña de la historia de este salón.
Si la encuentro la subo.
Saludos.
LAS PROFECIAS DE ISAIAS VOLUMEN 2
Le dejo el escaneo y edición en pdf con reconocimiento de texto e índice del volumen 2 de las profecías de Isaías.
Tambien tiempo atrás escanee el tomo 1.
Saludos desde Chile.
El resto de los libros los encuentras en la sección descargas propias bajo el link Libros descargables en español.
1988 Apokalipsis Se acerca su magnifica culminacion -baja.pdf
1989 LA BIBLIA_PALABRA DE DIOS O PALABRA DEL HOMBRE -baja.pdf
1989 Lo que los jovenes preguntan baja.pdf
1989 Razonamiento.pdf
1989 Usted Puede vivir para siempre en el paraiso en la tierra -baja.pdf
1990 El Hombre en busca de Dios.pdf
1990 Toda Escritura es inspirada de Dios y Provechosa V.baja.pdf
1995 El Conocimiento que lleva a vida eterna v baja.pdf
1998 Existe un creador que se interese por nosotros -baja.pdf
1999 Daniel 2.0 baja.pdf
1999 Las profecías de Daniel -1.2.pdf
2000 Las profecías de Isaías Vol1 -baja.pdf
2001 Benefíciese de la Escuela baja.pdf
2001 Benefíciese de la Escuela.pdf
2006 Vivamos muy pendientes del dia de Jehova -baja.pdf
2008 Los jóvenes preguntan Vol2 -baja.pdf
2011 Los jóvenes preguntan V1 baja.pdf
Eliminé algunos porque ya aparecieron en la web como versión oficial:
1991 El Hombre Mas Grande oficial.pdf
1996 SECRETO DE LA FELICIDAD FAMILIAR ofocial.pdf
2001 Benefíciese de la Escuela del ministerio teocrático oficial.pdf
2002 Acerquémonos a Jehová oficial.pdf
2003 Aprendamos del gran maestro español.pdf
2004 Mi libro de Historias Bíblicas oficial.pdf
2005 Que enseña realmente la biblia oficial.pdf
2007 Ven se mi seguidos oficial.pdf
2008 MANTENGANSE EN EL AMOR DE DIOS oficial.pdf
2009 Testimonio Cabal oficial.pdf
2010 Dios nos habla mediante Jeremias oficial.pdf
El libro organizados solo se envía a los más conocidos via mail.
Clifton residents attend annual convention
Friday, May 31, 2013
Each year, Jehovah's Witnesses in Clifton look forward to their annual three day district convention. The convention was held this past weekend at the Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, the former Stanley Theater in Journal Square, in Jersey City
Jay Chosy, Shaun Dew, Daniel and Kelly Santiago, Jerrold Sameth, and Jack Kelly, all from Clifton, were featured speakers at the "God's Word is Truth!" district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses.
More than 3,800 worshippers attended this special event from May 24 to 26 and heard a variety of talks, demonstrations, interviews, and three Bible dramas that all focused on the practical application of the Bible to the problems and challenges of every day life.
Daniel and Kelly Santiago participated on Friday afternoon in a drama that focused on the life of the Bible patriarch Job and how the problems he faced are similar to those that face those living in 2013. The drama emphasized that the problems can be met head on with help "from above."
A key feature of the program was the baptism of 29 new Witnesses which was held on Saturday.
On Saturday afternoon, a sound drama was presented which focused on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ and the problems he encountered and overcame successfully.
Another highlight was the full costumed Bible drama on Sunday afternoon which focused on the account of the life of Esther and Mordecai with modern day application to the lives of persons trying to serve God in the face of opposition.
The Clifton residents were featured as speakers on talks that covered family life, Bible prophecy, and the application of Bible principles in every day life.
The program will be given again through the end of August at the Assembly Hall which is located at 2932 Kennedy Blvd. in Jersey City. Admission is free and no collections are taken.
Clifton residents Jay Chosy, from left to right, Shaun Dew, Daniel and Kelly Santiago, Jerrold Sameth, and Jack Kelly participated in the 'God's Word is Truth' district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses this past weekend.
Jehovah's Witnesses invite all to attend "God's Word Is Truth!" Convention
http://www.irvingweekly.com/s/1511/Jehovah’s-Witnesses-invite-all-to-attend-“God’s-Word-Is-Truth!”-Convention.php
Irving, Texas. June 3, 2013 –
Jehovah’s Witnesses have begun their annual conventions and an accompanying campaign to invite the public to attend. This year’s convention theme is ‘God’s Word Is Truth!’. In the United States this series of conventions was launched in May and will continue worldwide through the end of December.
Starting in June, this special three-day program comes to our area. There will be a total of twelve conventions, four of which will be held in Fort Worth. The first convention will be held June 14-16 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
The convention theme this year is significant because it underscores a core family value for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Witness families embrace the Bible as the most trustworthy guide and source of advice in these troubled times. We feel that the public will likewise benefit from and enjoy the varied and practical program.
Personal Bible study is a priority for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Each week families are encouraged to devote an entire evening to Bible study and research, which they call “Family Worship.” The convention this year will provide families and individuals with fresh new resources for family and personal Bible study.
Exact dates and locations of the 2013 ‘God’s Word Is Truth!’ District Conventions can be found on the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ official Web site—jw.org.
"We warmly invite all to attend this year’s free convention."
Four Jehovah Witnesses 'Preachers Thaught A Lesson By Prostitutes
http://www.spyghana.com/four-jehovah-witnesses-preachers-thaught-a-lesson-by-prostitutes/
Mon, May 27th, 2013
Harlots operating at a popular Ezenei-Cable point in Asaba Delta State have humiliated four gospel Jehovah Witness preachers during their routine activity leaving two of them stripped unclad while their bags containing Awake and Watchtower magazines were allegedly set ablaze.
It would be recalled that few years ago some “Christian convertors” from a popular Pentecostal church after they were allegedly hoodwinked into love making with the harlots, had their Bibles set ablaze upon their refusal to pay for their love making.
Eyewitness told LEADERSHIP FRIDAY that the incident occurred last Tuesday towards nightfall when the preachers upon courage “Approached” residents of the brothel to be part of their gospel teachings (Word of God).
Jehovah Witnesses are widely known for strict compliance against “things of the world”, especially as they carry out their preaching of house to house in group of male and female.
But as unsuspecting regular visitors/preachers to various places, sources said they moved into the brothel and were greeted in happiness by some of the sex workers who immediately assembled themselves to hear the word of God.
While the preaching lasted, many of the sex workers in skimpy wear passed by the congregation, raising not a few eyebrows.
On the day of the lynching, the preachers had gone into the brothel without a female escort and in the usual way struck up a Bible discourse using the Awake magazine’s contents. It is claimed that a prostitute identified as Chinasa raced out in bum shorts, apparently inebriated, and demanded for sex from one of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The preacher, LEADERSHIP FRIDAY gathered, resisted the attempt on him but the hooker’s method gained prominence and he was dragged into the room.
LEADERSHIP FRIDAY checks revealed that the sex workers modus operandi is to woo unsuspecting men into Being Intimate with them via their skimpy dresses.
Expectedly, the preacher and the harlot were said to have been engaged in serious battle right inside the room when his colleagues made attempt to rescue him but the situation went awry as the harlots were allegedly said to have teamed up and seized their bags containing “Watchtower and Awake”.
They were said to have descended on them in severe beating including calling them names and allegations that they made love to them and did not pay.
Jehovah's Witnesses Find Young Boy Tied to a Pole in Miami Beach
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/05/jehovahs_witnesses_find_young.php
A 12-year-old boy in Miami Beach might have been the happiest person ever to spot Jehovah's Witnesses. They found him tied to a pole after his dad decided to try out some unorthodox parenting techniques and left him there while he went shopping.
According to NBC Miami Adolfo Guzman, 49, was sick of his son wandering off for hours at a time and not telling him where he was. On Saturday the boy took off, and Guzman warned him that he would tie him up the next time. So on Sunday the boy took off again without permission, and Guzman made good on his promise.
He tied him to a concrete pole outside of the family's apartment with a wire bicycle lock around his ankles and then took off himself to do some shopping.
The Jehovah's Witnesses then found the boy and called police. Police arrived and had to call the Miami Beach Fire Department to cut the boy loose. He was complaining about pain in his ankles.
Guzman returned home and said he was just trying to teach the boy a lesson, but was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse. Guzman has no previous record with the Department of Children and Families.
"You shouldn't even be chaining a dog up to a pole much less your own son," Miami Beach Police spokesman Bobby Hernandez told the station.
Rusia violó los derechos de los Testigos de Jehová por la divulgación de los expedientes médicos - CEDH/Russia violated Jehovah's Witnesses rights by disclosing medical records - ECHR
http://rapsinews.com/judicial_news/20130606/267685091.html
15:31 06/06/2013
STRASBOURG, June 6 (RAPSI, Ingrid Burke) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that the rights of two Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia had been violated when their medical records were disclosed to prosecution authorities as a consequence of their refusal to accept blood transfusions.
According to the website of the international Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization, adherents do not categorically reject all forms of medical treatment. The organization does, however, reject certain specific treatments, including blood transfusions. As explained by the website: “Some treatments conflict with Bible principles… and we reject these. For example, we don’t accept blood transfusions because the Bible forbids taking in blood to sustain the body. (Acts 15:20) Likewise, the Bible prohibits health treatments or procedures that include occult practices.—Galatians 5:19-21.”
According to the ECHR judgment, in light of a pending prosecutorial inquiry into the religious organization, a St. Petersburg Deputy City Prosecutor had asked the local health authorities to instruct all of the city’s medical institutions to report each instance of the refusal by Jehovah’s Witnesses to accept the transfusion of blood or blood components. The prosecutor had written a letter in June 2007 explaining: “the city prosecutor’s office is investigating the lawfulness of the activity of the religious organisation known as the Administrative Centre of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. The ideology of the said organisation forbids its adherents to accept transfusions of blood or blood components. An investigation has established that in a series of cases refusals of blood transfusions hindered the administration of qualified medical care and aggravated the illness. In view of the above, I request that you instruct all medical institutions in St Petersburg to inform the committee, without delay, of any incidents of refusal of transfusion of blood or its components by individuals who are members of the said religious organisation.”
The applicants before the ECHR include the Administrative Centre of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia (ACJW-Russia), as well as three Russian nationals: Yekaterina Avilkina (b. 2006) – who underwent chemotherapy via a “non-blood management treatment plan” in a public hospital which ultimately reported her case to prosecutors; Nina Dubinina (b. 1959) – whose request for a non-blood management treatment was rejected by a public hospital, which in turn refrained from reporting her case to prosecutors; and Valentina Zhukova (b. 1956) – whose records were disclosed to prosecutors after she underwent an operation without the use of foreign blood.
The court considered the complaints of Avilkina and Zhukova, but held that the applications filed by Dubinina and ACJW-Russia were inadmissible due to the fact that neither was directly impacted by the alleged rights violation. In the case of Dubinina, this was due to the fact that her medical records were not subject to disclosure.
In finding that the rights of Avilkina and Zhukova had been violated, the ECHR reasoned that the disclosure of their medical records had not been anchored in a pressing social need. The applicants had not been somehow implicated in any criminal investigations. The treating medical centers had not reported any suspicions of criminal activity to prosecutors. In fact, the doctors treating Avilkina – who was two years old at the time – were entitled to seek judicial authorization for a blood transfusion if the situation became dire. Furthermore, there was no evidence that Zhukova’s refusal to accept a blood transfusion came from any other source than her own will.
Accordingly, in the ECHR’s view: “In such circumstances, the Court does not discern any pressing social need for requesting the disclosure of the confidential medical information concerning the applicants. It therefore considers that the means employed by the prosecutor in conducting the inquiry need not have been so oppressive for the applicants.”
The ECHR held that the relevant national court judgments had not reflected adequate efforts by national authorities to balance the prosecutors’ interest in public health with the applicants’ privacy interests. Furthermore, the ECHR asserted that there had been a lack of relevant or sufficient reasons to justify the disclosure of the records.
Accordingly, the court held: “The above considerations are sufficient for the Court to conclude that the collection by the prosecutor’s office of confidential medical information concerning the applicants was not accompanied by sufficient safeguards to prevent disclosure inconsistent with the respect for the applicants’ private life guaranteed under Article 8 of the Convention.”
The court allocated damages in the amount of EUR 5,000 to each Avilkina and Zhukova. Furthermore, the court granted Avilkina EUR 2,522 and Zhukova EUR 1,880 in costs and expenses.
Jehovah's Witnesses to hold district conventions in Dalton
District conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses are planned for the NorthWest Georgia Trade and Convention Center arena in Dalton, Ga.
English sessions are June 14 through 16, June 21 through 23 and July 26 through 28.
Sessions for Spanish speakers will be held June 28 through 30, July 5 through 7 and July 19 through 21.
The theme for the program is “God’s Word is Truth!” The talk on Sunday, 11 a.m., will be “What is Truth?” The program will examine the reasons God’s Word — the Bible — can be trusted.
Two dramatic plays featuring Bible stories and their lessons to life will be presented Friday at 3:20 p.m. and Sunday at 1:25 p.m.
Admission is free. No collection will be taken.
For more information, visit www.jw.org/en/jehovahswitnesses/conventions/.
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Hospital doctor delivers infusion of hope to Jehovah's Witness
http://www.macon.com/2013/06/08/2509059/hospital-doctor-delivers-infusion.html
Published: June 8, 2013
By ERIC ADLER — The Kansas City Star
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- On the day the Boston Marathon bombing transfixed the world, Mark Watkins of suburban Kansas City, Mo., lay face to face with a crisis of life, death and faith of his own.
Little could he guess that, in the end, it would be a controversial product sent from a terrorized city that would save him.
“Obviously, we’re thrilled,” Watkins’ son, Rocky, 30, said recently, from his father’s hospital bedside. “Not only were they able to save his life, but they did it while they respected his beliefs.”
Watkins’ drama began April 15. The night that Boston went into terror lockdown, the 51-year-old husband and father had been in church with his wife, Nellie, when his skin turned white. His body crashed.
He was rushed to the hospital, where doctors discovered he was slowly but surely bleeding to death internally.
The cause was unknown. Maybe it was a ruptured vessel or a bleeding ulcer, which he had suffered before. But without oxyg en-rich blood, his body was suffocating. He needed surgery. He needed to be stabilized. He needed blood.
After receiving successful treatment with Hemopure, a bovine blood product, Mark Watkins, left,
is visited last month at the University of Kansas Hospital by, from left, son-in-law Eddie Arteaga, daughter
Lacey Arteaga and daughter-in-law Esmeralda Watkins.
The problem: Watkins is a Jehovah’s Witness.
His faith allows for the medical use of non-blood alternatives and, for some, re-infusion of their own blood or some blood fractions. But the majority of Jehovah’s Witnesses hold tight to what they say is the Bible’s command to “keep abstaining from ... blood.”
Given the restriction, Nellie Watkins said, their local hospital delivered grave news.
“We were told that there was nothing else they could do for us,” she said. “They said he might not make it through the night.”
Then a call went out to the University of Kansas Hospital, where trauma surgeon Charlie Richart, 53, performs what is known as “bloodless” surgery.
Richart, who has been at the hospital three years, has treated Jehovah’s Witnesses for about 27 years and recalled the sad frustration of losing patients because he could not give them blood.
“I could not save them because they bled to death,” he said.
Somewhat of a misnomer, bloodless surgery actually refers to the methods doctors use to reduce the amount of outside blood transfused into the body during surgery or the amount of blood lost during an operation.
Some of the methods are most effective when there is time to plan a surgery.
Doctors can collect and store volumes of a patient’s own blood before surgery, or dilute the patient’s own blood and re-infuse it during a procedure. After surgery, medicine can be given to boost the bone marrow’s production of blood.
In 2010, bloodless surgery made headlines in Kansas when Mary Stinemetz, a Jehovah’s Witness who was then 64, sued the Kansas Health Policy Authority, which administers the state’s Medicaid program.
Stinemetz had sought a bloodless liver transplant at the University of Kansas Hospital, which could not guarantee a bloodless procedure at that time.
She wanted the state to pay for the procedure in Nebraska, arguing that in refusing the transplant Kansas was violating her First Amendment rights to exercise her religion.
She won her case a year later, but by then she was too sick to be put on the transplant list. She died last October.
In Watkins’ emergency, time was short.
“When he got here,” Richart said of Watkins, “he was way behind the eight ball. His foot was on a banana peel and his other was 6 feet deep in the grave.”
As soon as the University of Kansas Hospital received the call from the other hospital, Richart thought of Hemopure, a product produced by OPK Biotech of Cambridge, Mass., that holds oxygen just like human blood, but which itself is not blood.
Instead, it is a blood substitute, also known as an HBOC, for hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier. The solution is made from purified bovine -- meaning cow -- hemoglobin, which is the molecule in blood that carries oxygen to the tissues.
Over the years, the product has been used successfully worldwide to save the lives of some Jehovah’s Witnesses in crisis, although the company won’t reveal the exact number.
Among them was Tamara Coakley, 33, a Jehovah’s Witness who was brought back from near death in 2011 after a horrible loss of blood from a car crash in her native Australia.
“I’m so grateful,” Coakley told local media at the time.
Hemopure has a roller-coaster history full of intrigue.
Hemopure is not approved for use in the United States, although it is in at least one country, South Africa. Before being purchased by OPK Biotech, a private company, Hemopure was developed and produced by a public corporation also in Cambridge called Biopure.
The corporation manufactured an effective blood substitute that can be used in dogs.
Biopure rode a wave of investor success from 2000 through 2002 on the prospect that it would produce a safe, synthetic blood substitute that not only could help reduce the worldwide shortage of human blood, but also could be stored for long periods of time, making it useful in remote areas as well as on battlefronts.
But Hemopure languished in human clinical trials. Authorities later alleged that company officials had filed misleading reports about the status of its product to the Securities and Exchange Commission, leading to indictments of top company executives.
In 2008, a year before the company filed for bankruptcy and its assets were sold to OPK Biotech, a medical review of blood substitutes that included Hemopure pointed out dangers, including increased risk of death by heart attack.
Richart said the blood substitute needs to be given in a slow and controlled manner.
“It’s not a magic bullet,” he said. “If you give them too much, you can kill them in several ways.”
But in Watkins’ case, it was also the only resort.
While Watkins was being transferred to KU, Richart was on the phone, talking through the night and into the morning of April 16 to KU’s internal review board and to the Food and Drug Administration in Washington, D.C, which needed to give a special compassionate care dispensation for the Hemopure to be used in the Unites States.
Then KU was on the phone with OPK in Cambridge, where the city was still reeling less than 12 hours after two bombs killed three people and injured many more.
“I was able to tell them, basically the next morning when the sun came up, that the stuff was on the plane,” Richart said.
Ten units of the blood substitute were on the way, each unit slightly smaller than a can of soda.
Watkins received four units late at night on April 17 and two more over 12 hours on April 18. The company would later send 10 more units while the Boston police searched for the marathon bombers.
Watkins stabilized. In the late evening of April 19, Watkins went into surgery, where Richart and his team found bleeding polyps, which Richart thinks may have contributed to the loss of blood.
Watkins was then stable enough to do other tests.
“I’m just real appreciative. It was scary,” Watkins said earlier this month, before his discharge.
Watkins said that although he understands and respects others of his faith who might not have chosen to use the blood substitute, he thought that for him it was the right thing at the right time.
“As Jehovah’s Witnesses, we do not accept blood products as part of our faith,” Watkins said. “This is something we felt very comfortable with.”
Jehovah's Witnesses hold district convention at MetraPark
June 06, 2013 5:10 pm
This is one weekend a year when Rimrock Arena at MetraPark turns into a house of worship.
Starting Friday, 3,600 Jehovah’s Witnesses from Eastern Montana, northern Wyoming and western North Dakota and South Dakota will gather over three days for their annual district convention.
The number of participants is smaller than in the past, but Joe Kurkowski, spokesman for the group, said there’s a good reason for that.
“We actually have two conventions in Montana this year,” he said. “It used to only be in Billings, but just two weeks ago, they had a convention in Missoula.”
The reason for that, he said, is that Jehovah’s Witnesses is seeing growth worldwide, including in Montana. From mid-May through mid-September, Jehovah’s Witnesses will hold 385 conventions in 103 cities throughout the United States, and more will be held in other countries.
The theme of this year’s convention is “God’s Word is Truth.” The public is invited to attend all meetings. That’s why area members take the time to drop off invitations at local homes, Kurkowski said.
To illustrate the group’s international flavor, spokesman Mike Glenn said its website is published “in more languages than any other website."
“You can access it in languages most people haven’t heard of,” Glenn said. “The reason we do that is we want to give access to everybody about Bible truth because we find it so beneficial.”
On Thursday, about 200 members from local congregations spent the morning scrubbing the arena to get it ready for the convention. That’s an annual part of the convention preparation, Kurkowski said.
“We spray down and wash down all the chairs, scrape gum off the chairs and sweep between all the aisles,” Kurkowski said.
The volunteers also clean the bathrooms and wash windows.
It’s not that the arena isn’t in acceptable condition, he said.
“But for three days this is a house of worship, so we want to make sure all the nooks and crannies are clean,” he said. "It's a respect thing."
Highlights of the convention include baptism on Saturday morning and a costume drama on Sunday afternoon, Kurkowski said. Volunteers spend about two months creating the costumes and rehearsing the drama that this year will focus on Esther, an Old Testament queen of Persia.