A federal court in Germany has did not reach a verdict on the legal status of Scientology -- subsequent to years of international debate. [BBC News].
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Critics Public and Private Keep Pressure on Scientology
Scientology leaders say they want peace. They say they want to stay out of court. But with both foes at home and foes abroad, that goal may be elusive. [St. Petersburg Times]
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A French government committee recommends dissolving the Church of Scientology on the grounds that its activities threaten public order. [BBC News]
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French Court Finds Church of Scientology Guilty of Breaching Privacy Laws
A French court fined the Church of Scientology for violating the privacy rights of former members, in spite of the fact that prosecutors did not convict on other charges. [Voice of America News]
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Marseilles court has convicted five members of the Church of Scientology of fraud for extorting large payments from vulnerable members for dubious cures. [BBC News]
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A French prosecutor has asked a court in Marseille to jail a former leader of the Church of Scientology who has been accused of obtaining large sums of money by fraud from other members of the Church. [BBC News]
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The trial has ended in the French city of Marseille of seven members of the Church of Scientology accused of fraud. [BBC News]
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A federal court in Germany has did not reach a verdict on whether or not Scientology can be considered a religion. [BBC News]
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A German federal court has been hearing a case which could decide if restrictions on the Church of Scientology in Germany are legal. [BBC News]
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Collection of judicial rulings, court pleadings and other legal documentation from Scientology-related litigation, 1995-March 1997.
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Bilingual (Swedish-English) site about Zenon Panoussis and his skirmishes with the Church of Scientology. The story is told through archived posts from alt.religion.scientology and European press coverage of the saga.
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Public prosecutor accuses the Church of Scientology with "mental manipulation." The sect is on trial for false advertising and attempted fraud. [BBC News]
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The French Justice Minister says she is prepared to consider banning the Church of Scientology, considered a cult--not a religion--in France. [BBC News]
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Colorado nonprofit group FACTNet has won a critical round in a legal fight against the Church of Scientology, raising questions about whether Scientology has a legal right to keep hundreds of documents offline and out of the public eye. [CNET News.com]
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Readers discuss the verdict of the Swedish High Court, which upheld a lower court's ruling that Zenon Panoussis had infringed Scientology's copyright. Includes comments from Arnie Lerma and Karin Spaink. [Slashdot]
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Supreme Court refuses to review Church of Scientology libel case
Ten years subsequent to Time magazine ran an award-winning article portraying the Church of Scientology as a "ruthless global scam," the Supreme Court refused to consider reinstating the church's libel case. [Associated Press]
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