Jehovah’s Witnesses recover best from surgery, despite refusing blood

NEW YORK: Jehovah's Witnesses, whose faith forbids them from blood transfusions, recover from heart surgery faster and with fewer complications than those who do get blood, a study has found.Patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses had...

JW’s Sue South Korea for Violations of Human Rights –

JW's Sue South Korea for Violations of Human Rights - pdf 

Man found dead at Jehovah’s Witness facility in Palm Coast

PALM COAST — A 41-year-old man was found dead inside a dorm room at the Jehovah’s Witness training center in Palm Coast and autopsy results won’t be released until a toxicology report is completed, according...

Russian Court Denounces Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘Extremist’

A court in southern Russia has denounced a local organization of Jehovah's Witnesses as "extremist" and ordered it disbanded, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday, in the latest in a long line of such rulings issued to the religious group in Russia.The group's building and surrounding land will...

Southsea cancer patient Ashya King could soon be walking

ASHYA King, the boy who was taken from hospital to Spain by his parents for pioneering brain cancer treatment, is improving. According to his brother Naveed’s Facebook page the five-year-old, from Southsea, has recovered to such...

Five Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in Malawi for refusing give blood to terminally ill child

Five people who under the guise of religious belief refused to donate blood to an anaemic family member are under police custody in Mangochi after hospital officials sought for their intervention in order to save...

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe ‘enjoys specially-arranged baptism service in Broadmoor after becoming a Jehovah’s Witness’

Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, 68, was jailed for life for murdering 13 womenHeld at Broadmoor since being diagnosed with paranoid schizophreniaSutcliffe was befriended over the last 15 years by Jehovah’s WitnessesReportedly attends bi-weekly bible study...

A ‘real’ portrait of ‘Big Eyes’ artist Margaret Keane

Margaret Keane sighs softly and shifts uncomfortably in her seat. She's just been asked to describe what she felt the first time she saw "Big Eyes," the new Tim Burton film about her life and...

Fast Facts—Worldwide

239 Lands where Jehovah’s Witnesses worship8,201,545 Jehovah’s Witnesses9,499,933 Free home Bible courses conducted19,950,019 Attendance at the annual Memorial of Christ’s death115,416 Congregations 

Russia’s Supreme Court Declares Jehovah’s Witnesses Website Extremist

Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that a Jehovah's Witnesses website and three of the religious movement's books are extremist, RAPSI legal news agency reported Wednesday, citing the court.The Supreme Court's ruling follows its approval in November of the Samara region's ban of the...