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French Scientologists Bring Scientology Social Solutions to India
A team of French Scientologists, who went to Pondicherry, India, in the wake of last December’s devastating tsunami, decided to make this city their home. A year later, they are continuing to work with local leaders, officials and individuals, providing Scientology technology to bring hope and a brighter future to the people of this French-speaking region of India. >>

German Scientologist Prevails in Anti-Discrimination Case
In what the Church of Scientology International described as the most important legal precedent in a 15-year battle to win equal rights for its members in Germany, the Federal Supreme Administrative Court in Leipzig has ruled that the Hamburg state government violated the constitutional right to freedom of religion of a Scientologist. >>

British Scientologists Demand the Implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
British Scientologists from the Sussex town of East Grinstead, UK headquarters for the Scientology religion, joined Church members throughout Europe this month in a petition drive demanding full implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). >>

Scientology Churches Mark Human Rights Day with Events around Europe
In commemoration of Human Rights Day, Scientologists celebrated the 57th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this week, with open houses, round tables, human rights festivals, concerts and petition drives. >>

Scientology Volunteer Ministers Continue Their Work to Improve Conditions in French Suburbs
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers from the Association Spirituelle de l’Église de Scientologie d’Ile de France and the Association Spirituelle de l’Église de Scientologie Celebrity Centre are continuing their work to bring effective solutions to the people of these communities. >>

Scientology Volunteer Ministers in Paris Confronting the Issues Underlying Recent Violence
With the most recent violence in Paris, a team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers decided to take on helping local residents change their lives for the better. >>

Churches of Scientology in 27 Nations to Mark Human Rights Day with New Education Campaign
Stepping up its global campaign to raise public awareness of human rights, the Church of Scientology International’s Human Rights Department in association with Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) is launching a new campaign called Making Human Rights a Global Reality. >>

United Nations Universal Children’s Day Conference at the Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights
The conference, entitled “The Abuse of Children in Europe and Beyond” addressed the forced drugging of children for so-called behavioural disorders despite growing evidence of the harmful effects of these drugs. The conference initiated a declaration demanding the end to forced child drugging. >>

Universal Children’s Day Conference
On Tuesday, 22nd November 2005, the Church of Scientology International will host a conference at their European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights in Brussels to commemorate the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. >>

Church of Scientology International Steps Up Global Human Rights Education Campaign
The Church of Scientology International in conjunction with Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) has begun release of a series of ads promoting each of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. >>

Human Rights Violations and European Social Unrest
With violence escalating in France and other European nations it is time to examine and effectively tackle those factors that cause riots. >>

Universal Children’s Day
In commemoration and support of Universal Children’s Day the Brussels-based Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights is holding a conference on the 22nd of November to forge and strengthen alliances among concerned groups and individuals so as to make a real impact on the most important human rights issues facing young people. >>

Cooperation Urged in the War Against Drugs
The Church of Scientology International European Public Affairs Office is calling on non-governmental organizations and other concerned sectors of society to work in full cooperation with governments to combat illicit drug use. >>

Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights Hosts Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe Conference
The Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe presented today a conference spotlighting the fallacy of harm reduction as an anti-drug strategy and encouraging drug-free solutions to the problem. >>

Scientologists in the Czech Republic Say NO to Drugs, Say YES to Life
Scientologists in the Czech Republic showed their commitment to ending drug abuse by participating in their third annual Cyclorun earlier this year.
Cyclorun (a composite of cycling and running) is a term coined by members of the Czech Say NO to Drugs, Say YES to Life group. >>

Award-Winning Greek Film Maker Aids Effort For Human Rights Education
The Church of Scientology of New York hosted Greek film maker and news correspondent, Athina Krikeli, the featured speaker at a Youth for Human Rights forum. Ms. Krikela addressed a group of youth and adults and spoke of the courage required for human rights reporting, where the safety of one's subjects is even more important than what one is reporting. >>

Narconon President Addresses Anti-Drug Conference
Mr. Bo Persson, President of Narconon Europe, will be one of the guest speakers at the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe anti-drug conference being hosted by the Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights on October 12, 2005. >>

Interparliamentary Conference on Human Rights and Religious Freedom
The Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights applauds the work of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy in bringing together representatives of 75 nations in a conference this year to address issues that are vital to our times. >>

Italy Throws Out “Mental Manipulation” Bill
ROME — Taking a strong and clear-cut position the Italian Senate confirmed today that a bill to criminalize so called “mental manipulation” has been permanently removed from the Orders of the Day of the Italian Senate because a majority of parties’ members consider this bill a threat to human rights and religious freedom. >>

A Drug-Free Europe
Around 200 million people have used drugs at some point in the last 12 months. This was one of the findings presented June 29 in the 2005 World Drug Report, issued by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). >>

Freedom of Religion
The Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights is committed to securing religious freedom for all citizens of Europe. >>

Effective Education: the Key to a Better Life
The Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights works in coordination with the Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE International) to provide governments, and civil society with effective educational solutions developed by humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard. >>

Human Rights Summit Empowers Youth
Last month young people from around the world gathered at Tintagel in Cornwall in the United Kingdom to participate in the International Youth for Human Rights Youth Summit and Arts Festival. >>

Scientology Volunteer Ministers Call for Additional Help
Scientology Volunteer Ministers from Europe are assisting their counterparts in the United States to help that country recover from the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina two weeks ago. >>

Coordinating an Effective Program to Curtail Heroin Use in Europe
As reported today in the Guardian Unlimited, as much as 90% of the heroin from Afghanistan ends up in Europe....
The Church of Scientology International European Human Rights Office formed the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe last year. As part of this program the office is hosting the next in its series of anti-drug conference in Brussels on October 12, 2005.>>

French Scientologists Wage Effective Anti-Drug Effort
In a single year, Scientologists who volunteer with the Church’s Say No to Drugs (SNTD) group have held more than 2,650 information events to alert the public to drug dangers, manning booths in the streets of cities throughout the country. French police have remarked on their courage, as they will enter areas worst hit by the drug problem, where dealers make their living. >>

Building A Better World
In response to rising crime and violence in society, L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion, established the Volunteer Ministers program in the mid-1970s to provide society tools for helping, and practical solutions based on understanding and compassion. He specifically made these tools available for use by Scientologists and non-Scientologists alike. >>

European Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance
The last 20 years have seen tremendous change in Europe, both through immigration and the expansion of its border, resulting in tremendous increase in cultural, ethnic and religious diversity in the cities of the continent. And with this have arisen new challenges and problems particularly in terms of integrating new populations into existing cultures. Unfortunately it has also signaled a rise in ethnic and religious discrimination, intolerance and oppression. >>

Church of Scientology Moscow Promotes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
As stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.” >>

Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe
Because the scourge of drug abuse affects every community in Europe today, the Church of Scientology International Human Rights and Public Affairs Office is sponsoring a series of events to educate European leaders on the importance of this issue and to spotlight programs that are effective in dealing with the problem. >>