We now can confirm following discussions with sources at the court that Robert S. Minton won the appeal which Scientology took of the judgement in his lawsuit against the cult in Berlin.

The judgement of the Berlin State court of March 27, 2001 Minton v. Scientology et al see: http://www.lisatrust.net/legal/minton/berlin/4-01decision.html was totally confirmed and upheld in a decision given on May 24, with only slight changes in the reasoning, by the Berlin Kammergericht, the Appeal Court of the State in Berlin.

Report of Tilman Hausherr on the Appeal Court Hearing on May 24. is here:

http://groups.google.de/groups?q=%2Bminton+%2Bberlin++%2Bcourt+group:alt.*&hl=de&lr=&scoring=d&selm=ac1teusi7vsf7t4dcu42nfs3lue185nd1k%404ax.com&rnum=5

Now it is clear that by this judgement, the Black PR about Bob, which Scientology was spreading in Germany, including calling him a criminal, is false and defamatory and Scientology may not repeat any of it.

This is a total victory because Scientology additionally must pay all costs. Further appeals are not permitted.

Bob Minton came under heavy attack by the cult of Scientology in Germany when he became the first recipient of the Leipzig Human Rights Award of "The European-American Citizens Committee for Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the USA."

http://www.leipzig-award.org

Both myself and I know all the Committee members today express sincere congratulations to Bob Minton and his excellent legal team.