PETITIONS

in prayer: ijwbv article 13

Secular Petitions

Canada:

for Bill of Rights (1947, 1948): jv 689

Estonia:

Witness petition to Stalin (1949): yb11 186, 244; g99 2/22 12

Georgia:

against persecution of Witnesses (2001): yb17 148-149; g02 1/22 23-24

Guyana:

to lift ban on Watch Tower publications (1946): yb05 146-147

Italy:

publishing houses petitioned to stop using God’s name: w87 2/15 21

Russia:

to Bulganin to legalize Witnesses (1956-1957): g99 4/22 23-24

to Council of Ministers (1956-1957): yb08 111, 229

to Putin, expressing concern over Moscow ban (2004): w11 7/15 8

Trinidad and Tobago:

to lift ban on literature: yb87 230

United States:

for debate between Rutherford and high official of Catholic Church (1936): jv 573

for release of Rutherford and associates from prison (1919): w19.10 3; w18.10 5; jv 74-75