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Tag: uk government
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‘Our focus is to protect people, not religions’ – UK Government responds to calls for Scientology inquiry
The UK Government has issued a bold statement in response to a recent petition calling for an inquiry into abuse within the Church of Scientology, warning “The Government will not shy away from challenging harmful cultures and practices that restrict individual rights or limit people’s chances to thrive in modern Britain.”
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Ex-Scientologists deliver 10 Downing Street petition, calling for government inquiry into Scientology
A group of former members of the Church of Scientology today hand-delivered a petition to 10 Downing Street, calling on the UK Government to launch an inquiry into abuse within high-control groups and to close legal loopholes that allow such practices to continue.
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UK opens inquiry into child safeguarding in faith communities
The UK has opened an inquiry into safeguarding children within faith communities and is expected to address abuse within the Church of Scientology, Alex Barnes-Ross reports
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The Foster Report: the UK government’s inquiry into Scientology
In 1971 Sir John Foster, K.B.E., Q.C., M.P., published the findings of his official inquiry into the Church of Scientology’s activities in the United Kingdom. Commissioned by the government, the enquiry was tasked with reviewing whether the practice of Scientology should be deemed a risk to the country and although it stopped short of banning…
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Scientology Requested a Formal Apology from the UK Government
In a recently resurfaced article citing declassified documents held by the National Archives, it was revealed that Scientology was placed under covert surveillance.
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