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September
12, 2006 Scientology Church, Human Rights Group and Moscow Government Co-Sponsor International Marathon for Peace The Church of Scientology of Moscow joined the local Moscow chapter of Youth for Human Rights International and the Moscow government in organizing the 26th annual International Marathon for Peace.
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August
24, 2006 Dianetics Center of Perm Unites for Scientology Volunteer Minister Tour Scientology Volunteer Minister Trans-Siberian Goodwill Tour made its first stop in the City of Perm. This Scientology Volunteer Minister tour will travel to 15 towns and cities on the Trans-Siberian Railroad route over the next year, enroute to Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan, some 9,000 km to the east.
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August
6, 2006 Scientology Volunteer Ministers Officially Launch the Trans-Siberian Goodwill Tour A team of 20 Scientology Volunteer Ministers from the Church of Scientology of Moscow boarded the Trans-Siberian railway this week, signaling the official launch of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Trans-Siberian Goodwill Tour.
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July
29, 2006 Youth for Human Rights International World Tour 2006 in Italy The Youth for Human Rights World Tour arrived in Italy this week, the 5th country of its 2006 World Tour. Here the group premiered public service announcements promoting the 11th and 12th Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The right to be considered innocent until proven guilty and the right to privacy.
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July
26, 2006 Church of Scientology International's Human Rights Education Campaign goes Global With this week's unveiling of 30 new TV public service announcements — each illustrating one of the 30 articles of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 17 languages — churches of Scientology around the world in partnership with Youth for Human Rights International (YRHI) are stepping up their grassroots efforts to make human rights an everyday reality.
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July
15, 2006 Youth for Human Rights World Tour in England Educating Youth on Their Rights and Responsibilities.
The Youth for Human Rights International 2006 World Tour is holding events in countries around the world to promote human rights education that center around a series of 30 new public service announcements (PSAs) — one for each article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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July
11, 2006 Youth for Human Rights International World Tour 2006 In the Capital of Germany.
Youth for Human Rights and the Church of Scientology International have created 30 hard-hitting public service announcements (PSAs) to bring each of the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration to life, to educate youth on their rights and responsibilities
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July
6, 2006 Youth for Human Rights International Begins its 3rd Annual
World Tour.
Youth for Human Rights International launched its 3rd annual World Tour this weekend as part of their campaign to make human rights a fact through implementing human rights education around the world.
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June
25, 2006 European Human Rights Award Event Focuses On Putting an End to Modern Day Slavery
Brussels — With an estimated 1.2 million children trafficked every year, the need to put an end to modern slavery was the emphasis of a ceremony held in Brussels to honor four "Human Rights Heroes" in Brussels last week.
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June
6, 2006 Church of Scientology of Budapest Sponsors The Fifth Annual Hungarian Anti-Drug Marathon
A dedicated team of Scientologists have gained support from all sectors of Hungarian society to bring about a Drug-Free Hungary. With the completion of the Fifth Annual Anti-Drug Marathon they have brought the message to towns and cities throughout the country to "Say NO to Drugs."
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May
23, 2006 US National Winners of "Human Rights Hero Awards" Show What Can Be Done by One Individual
A ceremony to honor four national winners of the first Human Rights Heroes Award drew a standing room crowd — from legislators to human rights and religious leaders and teenager advocates — at the Rayburn Congressional Building on Capitol Hill on the night of May 23rd, 2006.
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May
21, 2006 The Church of Scientology of Milano Opens a New Life Improvement Center
Marking its 25th year in the city, the Church of Scientology of Milano (Milan)
is expanding its service to the city with the grand opening of a Dianetics and
Scientology Life Improvement Center right in the heart of one of the most important
financial and business centers of Northern Italy and all of Europe.
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May
8, 2006 Church of Scientology International Sponsors Workshop on Human Rights in Bulgaria
Brussels — With Bulgaria's January 2007 entry into the European Union approaching, this week's "Government & Religion" workshop, hosted by the Brussels-based Church of Scientology International European Public Affairs and Human Rights Office, concentrated on what is needed for Bulgaria to comply with European human rights standards.
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April
27, 2006 With 56th Anniversary Nearing, Dianetics Speeds Toward 22 Million in Sales
Los Angeles, CA—For weeks, the most basic approach to parenting using Dianetics principles has been making headline news worldwide—and the result is a surge of public demand for L. Ron Hubbard’s bestseller, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, and its practical answers to achieving success and happiness in life.
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April
24, 2006 Scientology Volunteer Ministers Exhibit Effective Help For Today’s Poland
WARSAW, POLAND—From Central European floodwaters to the South Asian tsunamis, and from Ground Zero to the London terror bombings, Scientology Volunteer Ministers have traveled the world, providing effective help in times of peril.
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March
27, 2006 UN Special Rapporteur Criticizes France for Undermining Religious
Freedom
– Calls on French observatory to set standard of tolerance and non-discrimination – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief has strongly criticized France over “the different measures that were taken at the governmental and parliamentary level in the second part of the 1990s (that) undermined the right to freedom of religion or belief and raised serious concerns about religious intolerance.”
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March 24, 2006 Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard Honored at Worldwide Celebration
Scientologists, friends and admirers this week are celebrating the extraordinary life of international best-selling author and founder of the Scientology religion, L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986). In conjunction with his March 13 Birthday, more than 6,000 people gathered on L. Ron Hubbard Way at the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles and another 5,000 in Clearwater, Florida to celebrate the 95th anniversary of his birth. These events are being followed by Scientology celebrations in cities in over 120 countries around the world.
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March 13, 2006 L. Ron Hubbard Receives Honorary Humanitarian Award in Brussels
Humanitarian and philosopher L. Ron Hubbard was awarded the Honorary Award for Humanitarians, In Memoriam by the Help The Needy Foundation. Georgi Naydenov, the executive director of this Bulgarian non-profit organization, presented the award to the Director of the European Human Rights Office of the Church of Scientology International during a ceremony held in the L. Ron Hubbard Gallery at the Brussels-based human rights office.
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March 08, 2006 Can a Sikh be a Frenchman?
Paris: On December 5th 2005 The French High Court ruled that Sikh Shingara Singh Mann had the right to wear his turban for his driving license identity photo, overturning the Ministry of Transport’s earlier decision forbidding this practice, but within 24 hours of the decision, the Ministry of Transport issued a circular expressly forbidding turbans to be worn in drivers license photographs.
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February 21, 2006 On–line human rights seminar, the balance between humanitarian aid and human rights activism
In the humanitarian field there are many groups and individuals working hard and tirelessly to deal with the immediate or imminent threat to the survival of millions of people.
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February 14, 2006 Innovative On-line Human Rights Seminar Announced
A five-day interactive, online seminar titled “The Challenge of Human Rights Education in Our Age,” will begin on 27th of February, 2006. Chaired by the Director of the Church of Scientology International European Office for Public Affairs and Human Rights, Fabio Amicarelli, the conference is being organized by the Spanish non-profit, public benefit organization, Documentation Sciences Foundation, and will use conferencing technology developed by Interwise ECP Connect, US-based provider of conferencing solutions, to broadcast the conference across the web.
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February 11, 2006 Human Rights Film European Premiere in Brussels
Faces of Change was produced and directed by Haitian filmmaker Michele Stephenson. The film has already won the Humanitarian Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Its premiere is part of a human rights awareness campaign being carried out by the Church of Scientology International in coordination with other concerned groups and individuals.
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February 5, 2006 Human Rights Campaign Sparks Interest throughout Europe
In country after country, the popularity of Youth for Human Rights International’s (YHRI) human rights campaign continues to grow.
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February 1, 2006
New anti-drug campaign web site goes live. Find out the Truth About Drugs at www.drugsalvage.org.
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January 19, 2006 Human Rights Music Video Wins Top Honors in Bulgarian Film Festival
At an awards ceremony at the “Humanitarianism in the Global World Film Festival” in Sofia, Bulgaria, top honors went to the UNITED music video, the centerpiece for the human rights campaign co-sponsored by the Church of Scientology International and Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI).
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January 1, 2006 A Human Rights Message for 2006
The Church of Scientology International encourages everyone to do their part to make human rights a fact in 2006.
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November 22, 2005 United Nations Universal Children’s Day Conference
In observance of the U.N. Universal Children’s Day, a panel of experts on the subject of children’s rights discussed pressing human rights issues at the Church of Scientology International European Office of Public Affairs and Human Rights in Brussels, Belgium.
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November, 2005 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.
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October 2005 Multi-Faith Human Rights Coalition Launches
New Advocacy Group
In varying degrees and forms, such intolerance persists across the European landscape, thwarting efforts to root it out. Against that backdrop of injustice toward Europe’s ethnic and religious minorities, the European Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance was formed earlier this year.
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August 21, 2005 Freedom Magazine’s Humanitarian Origins
The humanitarian contributions and worldview of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion, have inspired Freedom from its very inception. His many articles in the magazine’s early years, covering a broad range of human rights issues, have awakened millions across the globe to the need for effective measures to improve society.
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August 18, 2005 Amplifying the Voices of Human Rights
Freedom of speech is arguably the best known and most debated of human rights. It is protected by every major international human rights instrument and articulated in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. An essential element of a democratic society, it includes the right to protest peacefully but vocally against both governmental and non-governmental policies and practices, especially those that oppress and that violate the spirit of democracy and freedom.
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August 17, 2005 Freedom Magazine Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest
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July 18, 2005 Peter Stoker of the National Drug Prevention Alliance was a speaker at a recent conference organised by the Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe on the premises of the Church of Scientology International European Human Rights Office. In this forum interview he talks about the work of his organisation and how drug abuse can be combated.
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June 29, 2005 Civil Society to Forward EU Drugs Action Plan
In recognition of the UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and just two days after the European Council adopted the Drugs Action Plan for 2005-2008, experts from around Europe met at the Church of Scientology International European Human Rights Office in Brussels to define concrete actions for making the plan a reality.
De Burgerbevolking bevordert EU-drugsactieplan (Dutch)
La Société Civile se mobilise pour mettre en æuvre
le Plan d’action anti-drogue européen (French)
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May 28, 2004 World Famous Jazz Musician Chick Corea in Brussels to present non-religious moral code, The Way to Happiness; Jose Luis Abellan, Spanish human rights advocate receives The 2004 The Way to Happiness Award
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Brussels, 13 May 2004 European Coordination Center of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers formed in Brussels to coordinate the activities of more than 2,000 volunteers and to advocate volunteerism in the capital of Europe
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April 21, 2004 Two-Day Hands-On Workshop for European Institutions and Embassies Tackles 1 Billion Illiteracy Problem Worldwide
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March 26, 2004 Foundation for a Drug-Free Europe Forms in Brussels Welcomed by Leading Representatives of Civil Society as “A Breath of Fresh Air in a Polluted Society”
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February 17, 2004 European Scientology Information Campaign Launched in Brussels, Sending Effective Solutions for Societal Plagues to Decision Makers
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September 18, 2003 Launches Europe-wide human rights education program — Pledges to triple the number of social betterment programmes
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September 16, 2003 Announcement of Grand Opening
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