Subject: Repost. Kinkel rejects U.S. criticism over scientology
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 19:41:47 GMT
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Saturday, 31 January, 1998, 22:08 GMT Kinkel rejects U.S. criticism over scientology
The German foreign minister, Klaus Kinkel, has rejected the latest criticism from the United States of Germany's treatment of the Scientology organisation.
The American State Department's annual report on human rights, published on Friday, said Scientology suffered discrimination in Germany, where it is denied religious status.
Mr Kinkel described the accusation as completely unfounded, adding that it didn't become truer by repetition.
The row over the status of Scientology in Germany culminated last year with the publication of a newspaper article in which Scientology compared the treatment of its members in Germany with the Nazi persecution of the Jews.
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Subject: Germany Avoids US Censure
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 19:49:02 GMT
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Monday, 10 November, 1997, 08:29 GMT Germany Avoids US Censure
Congress in the United States has voted not to go ahead with moves to censure Germany for "abusing religious rights."
It follows a developing row between the countries over German treatment of the Church[sic] of Scientology, which is based in the United States.
The German authorities say the Church[sic] is primarily a money-making organisation, and have put some of its members in Germany under surveillance.
The House of Representatives voted more than three-to-one against a resolution condemning Germany, despite support for the resolution from its foreign affairs committee.
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