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The NCHRA Censures Scientology Inc.'s Human Rights Abuse in Norway
Added: (Thu Sep 01 2005)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31-AUG-2005
The National Coalition of Human Rights Activists emphatically denounces
the Scientology corporation's flagrant and opprobrious abuse of a
Norway citizen's human rights yesterday. The victim, a human rights
activist named Heldal-Lund, told the NCHRA about the harrowing and
startling attack against him by the Scientology business.
Scientology Inc. is "sending letters and calling the top management and
senior directors (including the board) of the international company I
am employed by," said Heldal-Lund. The letters are intended by
Scientology Inc. to get the human rights activist fired from his place
of employment, in retaliation for Heldal-Lund's human rights and civil
rights defenses. The letters in question are filled with libelous and
defamatory lies about the human rights activist.
"This is highly abusive, and I hope also illegal in the Netherlands,"
said the vice-president of the National Coalition of Human Rights
Activists (USA), Ms. Rhoda Gunnionson. "Years ago the Scientology
business insisted, under oath in front of a USA judge, that it no
longer engages in this behavior--- and yet here we see the business
still committing the same abuse."
The Scientology business has a policy called "Fair Game" that they use
to "utterly destroy" human rights activists who are critical of
systemic human rights abuses committed by businesses such as
Scientology Inc. The Scientology business claimed it has canceled their
"fair game" policy many years ago, but the policy has continued
unabated.
At contention is Heldal-Lund's critical opinions against murder,
against other crimes, and against human rights abuses. In 1995
Heldal-Lund demonstrated for freedom of religion and in support of
religious expression, and he demonstrated against genocide and mass
murder: the Scientology business, in its letters trying to get him
fired from his place of employment, castigated Heldal-Lund for this
liberal and enlightened activism.
"What we see here is exactly what victims of Scientology Inc.'s crimes
and human rights abuses have reported for over four decades: the
attempt to cause financial and emotional hardship toward anyone who
objects to wide-spread and systemic human rights abuses," said David
Rice, the president of the NCHRA.
The Scientology corporation calls their abusive act "Pushing the
Protect Button:" it is designed to prevent human rights activists from
engaging in human rights defense by threatening the activists'
financial wellbeing. The Scientology corporation is one of seven USA
businesses currently being examined by the NCHRA for human rights
abuses.
"The letter is of course filled with lies," said Heldal-Lund, "but
what's new?" The Scientology business has never hesitated in lying
about those who object to its crimes and human rights abuses. " I feel
no particular need to repeatedly publicly defend myself against every
false claim the cult and others make up against me," the human rights
activist added.
The NCHRA has sent an official complaint to the government of Norway,
asking that criminal charges be brought against the writers of the
libelous letters.
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