16 February 2009, 17:22 Kazakh court bans scientology organization in Karaganda region Karaganda, February 16, Interfax - The Economic Inter-District Court of Karaganda, the administrative center of the Karaganda region in Kazakhstan, has banned the Church of Scientology in the Karaganda region. "The court ordered the liquidation of the Church of Scientology organization due to illegal entrepreneurship and profit-making. The court ruled to create a special commission to deal with the liquidation procedure," says the verdict read by Judge Zhaksylyk Baymoldin, ...

Tous les mois depuis un an, le groupe Anonymous manifeste devant les locaux actuels de l'Église de scientologie, rue Papineau à Montréal. La manifestation a attiré une vingtaine de personnes, hier. Le groupe qualifie le mouvement de «secte» et l'accuse de commettre des abus envers ses membres Photo: Robert Skinner, La Presse Le projet d'expansion de l'Église de scientologie à Montréal a du plomb dans l'aile. Son déménagement au centre-ville, prévu initialement pour 2008, n'aura pas lieu avant la fin de ...

CLEARWATER — The largest building downtown and its little sister are hard to miss. The Mediterranean-revival Flag Building occupies an entire city block. It is connected via an overhead walkway to the landmark Fort Harrison Hotel across the street to the west. The Church of Scientology owns both, and each is in a phase of multimillion-dollar construction. The hotel is shrouded in scaffolding as it gets gussied up in a $30 million renovation project started in April. Looking from outside, the ...

Program to discuss teen abuse of Rx drugs By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com Today's teens are not as threatened by the drug dealers on every corner as they are by their parent's medicine cabinets, according to a representative of Narconon, the nonprofit drug rehabilitation and education program. Tony Bylsma, a certified chemical dependency counselor and director of the Narconon Drug Prevention and Education Program of Southern California, will kick off a 2009 RAP (Resolve and Problem Solve) educational series on Wed., Feb. ...

Education Minister Shirley Bond is defending a ministry publication that identifies a Scientology website as a potential resource for teachers to use while preparing lessons about human rights and social justice. The Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) website is identified as a "supplementary resource" in a teaching guide developed by the ministry as part of an effort to make the K-12 curriculum gay-friendly. It's also mentioned in the guide for a new elective course called Social Justice 12. In an ...

SWEENEY CANYON, Wyo. (AP) — The construction began last summer, stirring up dust that wafted down this desert valley and into a small community of off-the-grid homes. As many as 20 heavy trucks a day hauling construction materials and equipment rumbled down the valley's main gravel road, passing into a gate marked with a "No Trespassing" sign. Helicopters flew in sling loads of cargo. Powerful work lights lit up the valley at night. Public planners in southwest Wyoming's Sweetwater County — ...

Jean Pascal Lavoie Le Soleil (Québec) L'Église de scientologie reçoit l'appui du Mouvement raëlien dans son projet d'implanter un lieu de culte dans le quartier Saint-Roch. Les raëliens ont réagi aux propos du cardinal Marc Ouellet, qui s'interrogeait la semaine dernière sur les critères de reconnaissance des religions au Québec. Celui-ci refusait de considérer l'Église de scientologie en tant que religion. «Je ne sais pas en vertu de quel principe ce statut leur a été accordé. Mais malheureusement, au Québec, tout ...

[Picture]CLEAN: Drug-free marshals from Newlands West Secondary with their principal Farouk Bayat, front left, teacher Roslyn Narain-Mohan and anti-drug co-coordinator Allan Wohrnitz. Picture: THEMBINKOSI DWAYISA A Durban high school has taken a tough stance against drug abuse by becoming the first school in South Africa to have its pupils trained as anti-drug “marshals”. New West Secondary School in Newlands West, which has more than 1400 pupils, started with its first batch of anti-drug campaigners this week. Foundation for a Drug Free ...

Several residents expressed concern about the opening of a mission in their neighborhood. In Tuesday's final hearing to determine if a house on Easton Road can be converted to a Church of Scientology mission, the property owner's attorney argued all township requirements have been met and an approval should be granted. In fact, Robert Gundlach, the lawyer representing A. Rhodes Wilson, said his client exceeded what the law requires by providing sewer, water and traffic studies. He urged Plumstead officials to ...

For the first time, Albuquerque city officials got an inside look at a controversial drug rehab facility that was recently shut down. The Second Chance Rehab Center was based at the old city jail on the Mesa until the city ordered them to move out in December because of violations of a lease agreement. On Monday, city crews did a damage inspection on the place. No major damage was found, but city officials say some equipment in the kitchen is missing. ...

04 February 2009, 10:36 Kazakh prosecutors seeking liquidation of so-called Scientology Church in Karaganda Astana, February 4, Interfax - The Karaganda Special Inter-District Economic Court in Kazakhstan is hearing a suit by the prosecution authorities seeking the liquidation of the religious group called the Scientology Church of the City of Karaganda. The prosecution authorities believe the scientologists' activity "runs counter to principles of national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as it is aimed at undermining Kazakh nation's health through inflicting ...

(Thetford Mines) Le cardinal Marc Ouellet s'est interrogé mercredi sur les critères du gouvernement du Québec pour reconnaître les corporations religieuses au lendemain de l'annonce de la construction par l'Église de scientologie d'un lieu de culte au coût de 4 millions $ dans le quartier Saint-Roch. «Je sais qu'en Europe, notamment en Allemagne, en Belgique et en France, il y a des endroits où on refuse d'accorder à l'Église de scientologie le statut de religion», fait remarquer d'entrée de jeu Mgr ...

World exclusive: scientology alien secret exposed * Reporter: Bryan Seymour * Broadcast Date: February 04, 2009 Scientology has denied for decades that it preaches stories about aliens infecting humankind. In a world exclusive, Today Tonight has aired founder L Ron Hubbard explaining the story of Xenu the alien. It's been scientology's most fiercely guarded secret - but not any more. In this audio tape, the founder of the organisation says: "there is a base on this planet and it so shredded ...

(Québec) Les scientologues investiront 4 millions $ pour la construction d'une église en plein coeur du quartier Saint-Roch, a appris Le Soleil. Québec deviendra ainsi d'ici la fin 2009 la première ville au Canada - et la 11e au monde - à héberger l'un des lieux de culte que le mouvement dit de nouvelle génération. La Ville de Québec vient tout juste de donner le feu vert aux importants travaux de rénovation du bâtiment de la rue Saint-Joseph que les scientologues ...

Newport Beach city officials have cited the rehab home Narconon for allegedly transporting outside clients to receive treatments at the program’s West Oceanfront triplex. Code enforcement officers say Narconon let non-residents use its steam baths at the 1810 W. Oceanfront site, said Assistant City Manager Dave Kiff. The Narconon program, which is supported in part by the Church of Scientology, uses the baths to treat addiction, Kiff said. The city also logged a complaint against the home with the California Department ...

On a recent December Sunday, on a still street nestled against Camelback Mountain, a party is in full swing at the L. Ron Hubbard House. It's meant to be a holiday open house, to show off the stunning renovation of the simple brick dwelling where Hubbard founded Scientology a half-century ago, and to smooth relations with neighbors, some of whom have lately been up in arms about plans to turn the house into a Scientology museum. These concerned neighbors, none of ...

I worked on the corporate restructuring in the early 80s that lead to the various “ABLE” groups (Narconon, Applied Scholastics, etc.) falling under the “ABLE” umbrella which in turn was 100% controlled by organized scientology’s Sea Organization under different corporate umbrellas (mostly Church of Scientology International “CSI"). I also handled or oversaw the handling of all their main legal matters around the world as part of the Guardian’s Office for some seven years prior to that. Prior to the “corporate sortout” ...

Benefit to millions The Province Published: Sunday, February 01, 2009 It takes a very low form of life to covertly enter an organization and then do an obvious hatchet job on that organization. The Church of Scientology is for the able individual who has enough intelligence to see that he could do better in life. Besides being a renowned writer of science fiction, L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, was also a philosopher, the author of many scientific works, an ...

Columnist had no right to put his spin on good-news story The Province Published: Sunday, February 01, 2009 Re: B.C. kids need Scientology's help, (Ethan Baron column, Jan. 29).The real story here is how the columnist took a piece of good news and twisted it through his own preconceptions. Youth for Human Rights International is active around the world in forwarding human rights and is creating positive effects in making human rights a global reality – its stated aim. To pass ...

Police records show fewer complaints made on rehab homes, which range from illegal parking to a suicide attempt. By Brianna Bailey Updated: Saturday, January 31, 2009 8:07 PM PST There are No comments posted. View Comments Longtime Newport Beach resident Barbara Roy has an ocean view from her living room, which sits only a few feet from Narconon. For years, Roy worried about Narconon clients who she said would loiter and chain smoke in the area. A steady barrage of delivery ...