Watchtower officials will deny that they practice mandated shunning. They will tiptoe around the issue and use clever half truths to obfuscate the practice as you can see in this BBC article. #stopmanadatedshunningbbc.com/news/articles/ce94yy…
I served as an elder for 12 years. Looking back, I see harm operating at multiple levels: Psychological harm to those shunned. Moral injury experienced by those tasked with enforcing the policy. #shunning#stopmandatedshunningstopmandatedshunning.org/pos…
Hilde Langvann, testified at the Borgarting Court of Appeals in Oslo, Norway in February, 2025. In this interview, she describes how both children and adults suffer from fear of shunning and from negative social control in closed religious environments.
youtube.com/watch?v=-RMHlh0q…
Norwegian Supreme Court:
Norway vs. Jehovah’s Witnesses Supreme Court hearing, day 2. In this video, Anders Ryssdal, the lawyer representing JW claims JW do not have a concept of shunning. But is that true?youtube.com/watch?v=mFLaFudg…
I live in fear that if the congregation learns how I feel, I will be formally disfellowshipped—now they call it “removed”—and that will be the extreme nail in the coffin to ever see my precious daughter. #jw#exjw#stopmandatedshunningstopmandatedshunning.org/pos…
I was not a Witness, but half my family was. I studied with a Witness to see what my family was into. I thought it was bogus and quit after several weeks. I am not easily led and didn’t go at the rate they wanted. Instead, I read ahead and ended it. stopmandatedshunning.org/pos…
My mother converted from Methodist to JW when I was less then a year old...As I got into my teen years, my siblings began to rebel; asking questions about the religion (cult), and getting into trouble. #stopmandatedshunningstopmandatedshunning.org/pos…
I was born into this environment and spent my first 18 years inside the community where my autonomy was denied. The doctrine within the group was not only incredibly strict and controlling but was to also keep men and women separate in their roles. stopmandatedshunning.org/pos…
No child should be forced to grow up with the understanding that one wrong thought or one wrong move could spiral their life into utter isolation with no familial support. #mandatedshunningstopmandatedshunning.org/pos…