Scientology Wins! Russia Loses

April 5, 2007 — ppedersen

Scientology wins a major battle against Russia, creating an EU-wide decision that Scientology is a religious community, by the European Court of Human Rights

News from around the world:

http://www.cesnur.org/2007/scientology.html

http://www.nowpublic.com/european_court_backs_scientology_church_in_registration_bid 

http://religion.beloblog.com/archives/2007/04/scientology_wins_a_round_in_a.html 

http://www.theta.com/religious-freedom/20070405_rf_1.php 

Denmark:

Scientology vinder sag ved Menneskerettighedsdomstolen

http://politiken.dk/indland/article279709.ece 

Kristeligt Dagblad - April 12, 2007: 

Scientology vil have statens blå stempel
http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kirkeogtro/artikel:aid=327989 

Reuters - Latin America:

Cienciólogos ganan caso de derechos humanos contra Rusia http://lta.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldnews&storyID=2007-04-05T165057Z_01_N05135458_RTRIDST_0_INTERNACIONAL-RUSIA-CIENCIOLOGIA-SOL.XML

Sweden - Dagens Nyheter

Domstol ger scientologer stöd
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=636479

Russia:

http://www.russianspy.org/2007/04/06/church-of-scientology-wins-compensation-case-against-russia/

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/04/06/011.html 

Church of Scientology of Moscow Wins Landmark Decision In European Court of Human Rights—Confirmation of Scientology’s Religious Bona Fides by the Highest Court in Europe

Scientology News Site - http://www.scientologytoday.org/press/704042347361_scn-int.html

Tags: Scientology·Religion·Russia·Moscow·Human Rights·Rights·Freedom·Life

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2 Responses to “Scientology Wins! Russia Loses”

  1. Ivan Arjona Says:
    April 6, 2007 at 1:07 pm

    Rusia deberá indemnizar a la Iglesia de la Cienciología (EL PAIS)
    (EN ESPAÑOL)
    http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Rusia/debera/indemnizar/Iglesia/Cienciologia/elpepusoc/20070406elpepisoc_10/Tes

    (IN ENGLISH)
    Russia has to indemnify to the Church of Scientology
    M.R. SAHUQUILLO.Madrid. The European Court of Human Rights condemned Russia yesterday for violating the rights to freedom of gathering and association of the Church of Scientology of Moscow. The Court also determined that Russia failed to comply with the right to the freedom of thought, belief and religion. Russia will have to pay 10.000 Euros to the Church of Scientology in the concept of “moral damages”, as determined by the resolution made public yesterday, and another 15.000 for judicial costs.
    Per the Court, Russia violated these two articles by repeatedly refusing to register the Church of Scientology Moscow as an association of religious character between 1998 and 2005. A negative of the Russian courts which, per the judgment of the Court “does not have any legal foundation”.
    The Church of Scientology, which assures having 200.000 members in Russia, had been officially registered as a religious association with juridical personality in 1994. When in 1997 a new law came in force on the freedom of belief and religious associations, which obliged the religious associations with a juridical personality to re-register themselves, the Church of Scientology did not manage to register itself.

  2. ppedersen Says:
    April 6, 2007 at 3:49 pm

    See Ivan’s blog here: http://cienciologiahoy.blogspot.com

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