29 October – 4 November 2018

JW Bulletin’s Weekly Roundup of news regarding Jehovah’s Witnesses for the week 29 October – 4 November 2018.

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News

USA

News Tribune – 4th November 2018

• Teaching about Holocaust becoming more difficult

SOUTH KOREA

The Korea Times – 4th November 2018

• Potential draftees turning to Jehovah’s Witnesses
• Court reviews military service exemption for personal beliefs
• [Editorial] Expedite legislation
• Landmark ruling – Time to allow alternative service for conscientious objectors

The Online Citizen – 3rd November 2018

• Conscientious objection now considered among “justifiable grounds” for military enlistment exemption under landmark South Korean court ruling

RT Deutsch – 3rd November 2018

• Südkorea hebt erstmals Haftstrafe für Wehrdienstverweigerung “wegen religiösen Glaubens” auf
  Translation into English available HERE.

The Australian – 3rd November 2018

• South Korea court upholds conscientious or religious objection to draft

PHILIPPINES

Panay News – 3rd November 2018

• Jehovah’s Witnesses to gather for assembly in Bacolod today

SOUTH KOREA

China Daily – 2nd November 2018

• S. Korea eases rules on military service

UKRAINE

Forum 18 – 2nd November 2018

• DONBAS: Donetsk: Jehovah’s Witnesses banned

SOUTH AFRICA

IOL – 2nd November 2018

• Jehovah’s Witness parents refuse blood transfusion despite court order

USA

Journal Sentinal – 2nd November 2018

• Why Milwaukee students don’t vote: It’s too hard; they’re too busy

NORWAY

Stavanger Aftenbladet – 2nd November 2018

• Tenk om jeg mister datteren min
  * this article is currently behind a paywall.

Fædrelandsvennen – 1st November 2018 – Series of seven articles:

• Tenk om jeg mister datteren min
• Psykolog: – Helvete er slett ikke det verste
• Savner en far, men ikke pappa
• Geir har forlatt Jehovas vitner, men foreldrene har ikke brutt med ham
• Barnevernleder om Jehovas vitner: – Dette har vi for lite fokus på
• Hemmelig lederhåndbok om hvordan medlemmer skal dømmes
• Han hjelper tidligere medlemmer i Jehovas vitner

SOUTH KOREA

Washington Post – 1st November 2018

• World Digest: Nov. 1, 2018

The Telegraph – 1st November 2018

• South Korea court allows conscientious objection to military service

CNN – 1st November 2018

• South Korea’s top court legalizes conscientious objection after decades-long fight

NBC – 1st November 2018

• South Korea Supreme Court rules conscientious objection is legal

AFPBB News – 1st November 2018

• 「良心的兵役拒否」は正当、韓国最高裁が画期的判断
  Translation into English available HERE.

Associated Press – 1st November 2018

• S. Korea court upholds conscientious objection to military

Time – 1st November 2018

• South Korea’s Top Court Rules in Favor of Conscientious Objectors to Military Service

ABC News – 1st November 2018

• S. Korea court upholds conscientious objection to military

The New York Times – 1st November 2018

• In Landmark Ruling, South Korea’s Top Court Acquits Conscientious Objector

UK/AUSTRALIA

The Financial Times – 1st November 2018

• The Guilty Feminist: ‘Laughing at somebody robs them of power’

ZIMBABWE

Newsday – 31st October 2018

• Picture: Zimbabwe International Book Fair

USA

Sandusky Register – 31st October 2018

• Perkins Township getting Jehovah’s Witness worship hall

Webster Journal – 31st October 2018

• Opinions on tattoos differ by religion

Grayson Journal-Enquirer – 31st October 2018

• Things that go bump in the night

RUSSIA

112 – 31st October 2018

• Huge increase in number of political prisoners in Russia & occupied Crimea

The American Interest – 31st October 2018

• ORTHODOXY IN CRISIS: A New Great Schism

Digital Information World – 29th October 2018

• Banned: 10 popular social networks and websites that are (or were) blocked in other countries

UK

Gov.uk – 29th October 2018

• Protecting Human Rights -UK National Statement on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights by Ambassador Karen Pierce at the UN General Assembly Third Committee

USA

Strongsville Patch – 29th October 2018

• Door-to-Door Political Groups Allowed In Strongsville

The Herald Journal – 29th October 2018

• A Halloween primer with a few Cache Valley twists

SOUTH AFRICA

East Coast Radio – 29th October 2018

• Durban doctor takes battle to save boy’s life to court

CapeTalk – 29th October 2018

• KZN parents taken to court for denying their child medical intervention

Eyewitness News – 29th October 2018

• [LISTEN] Health Dept heads to court to save child from parents

AUSTRALIA

NT News – 29th October 2018

• Former Jehovah’s Witness Misha Kala Humphries had meth hidden in socks when he was arrested after starting an argument with bouncers on Darwins Mitchell St
  * please note that this story is behind a paywall

CRIMEA

Crime Russia – 29th October 2018

• Classmate says Kerch shooter was popular in high school

UK

Richmondshire Today – 29th October 2018

• The Quaker objectors to war who played their part in saving lives

USA

The New Yorker – 29th October 2018 Edition

• Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism?

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MOVIES

THE CHILDREN ACT

1st November 2018

• Broadsheet: Solo Cinema: Five Films to See on Your Own

APOSTASY

31st October 2018

• British Independent Film Awards – 2018 Nominations

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DOCUMENTARIES

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Special Event

31st October 2018

• A&E: SHARE Preview: Special Event – The Jehovah’s Witnesses
• Distractify: Everything You Need to Know About Leah Remini’s Jehovah’s Witnesses A&E Special