Czech Republic Jehovah's Witnesses

Time for Action: Support the Czech Republic’s Efforts to Reconsider Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Legal Status

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In recent months, significant developments have been taking place in the Czech Republic regarding the legal status of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Watchtower Bible and Tract Society). The Czech government is currently reviewing whether this religious group should maintain its status as a recognized church, a status that grants them certain privileges, including financial and legal benefits. This scrutiny has prompted Jehovah’s …

Stop Mandated Shunning at ICSA

Review of the ICSA Conference from the Perspective of a Recent Defector of a High-Control Group

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By Monica Velin Rodriguez Stories are powerful. Two weeks ago, on July 2, I was sitting on an aeroplane headed to the annual conference of the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA). A local Minnesota philanthropist saw the stories my husband and I had shared on the Stop Mandated Shunning website.  He was so moved that he wanted to support the cause. He said, “You’re …

Mandated Shunning Research Project

New Research Project on the Harmful Effects of Mandated Shunning

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Stop Mandated Shunning (part of The Open Minds Foundation) are thrilled to announce an innovative research initiative in collaboration with the University of Roehampton, London, to study the harmful effects of mandated shunning as practiced by high-control religious groups. This three-year, comprehensive research project, costing approximately $100,000 per year, will be spearheaded by esteemed researchers Dr. Savin Bapir-Tardy and Dr. …

Exclusive Brethren

“Doctrine That Divides”—BBC Omnibus: Exclusive Brethren Documentary (1976)

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Stop Mandated Shunning was initiated by ex-members of Jehovah’s Witnesses. However, we want to raise awareness that mandated shunning is carried out by other faith-based organisations too. The following video is a rare copy of an early BBC documentary about the Exclusive Brethren. Presented by Peter France and directed by Jim Murray, “Doctrine That Divides” was first broadcast in September …