Hate Monitor

For 30 years Germany surveilled Scientologists as supposed threats to democracy. Result? No terrorism. No conspiracy. No extremist network. No violence. Only decades of discrimination against peaceful religious believers. Now the surveillance ends exactly where it began: with nothing. Read more: standleague.org/newsroom/new…

This was never just about one country. Across Europe, North America and beyond, courts and governments recognized Scientology as a religion entitled to legal protection and religious liberty. Germany stood apart from that consensus. That isolation is now impossible to ignore. standleague.org/newsroom/new…

The question is no longer whether Germany surveilled Scientologists. The question is why democratic institutions continued the campaign for so long after the warnings were already on the record. Thirty years later, the warnings stand. The allegations do not: standleague.org/newsroom/new…

German courts repeatedly recognized that Scientologists had rights. The surveillance continued anyway: standleague.org/newsroom/new…

Germany spent decades portraying Scientologists as potential threats to democracy. Yet one of the most revealing court cases had nothing to do with terrorism, extremism or public safety. A woman was denied an environmental subsidy because she refused to declare she was not a Scientologist. The issue was not terrorism. It was not extremism. It was an e-bike: standleague.org/newsroom/new…

The U.S. State Department criticized Germany for the “clearly discriminatory practice” of excluding people from public and professional life because of religion or belief. The warnings were public. They were ignored: standleague.org/newsroom/new…

Germany surveilled Scientologists for nearly 30 years as supposed threats to democracy. Result? No terrorism. No violence. No extremist network. No conspiracy. No charges. Now the OPC quietly retreats while still refusing to admit the allegations were false. 30 years. 0 proof.

Germany cannot say it was never warned. The warnings came from courts, diplomats, human rights advocates and international observers. Germany heard them. Then continued anyway. Now the surveillance campaign ends without the threat ever being proven. standleague.org/newsroom/new…

Deutschland behandelte Scientologen fast drei Jahrzehnte lang als Gefahr für die Verfassung. Nach Jahren der Überwachung und Ermittlungen legten Behörden keinen Beweis vor, dass Scientologen je die Gefahr waren, als die sie dargestellt wurden. Die Vorwürfe brachen zusammen.

As Germany’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution ends nearly 30 years of Scientology surveillance without establishing the threat it long claimed existed, Scientologists in Germany are now speaking publicly about the human consequences of that campaign. The full story: standleague.org/newsroom/new…

The OPC spent decades treating Scientologists alongside extremist movements. After 30 years, where is the evidence? Not one violent act. Not one conspiracy. Not one extremist network. Only decades of discrimination against innocent people because of their religion. standleague.org/newsroom/new…

International media are now reporting that Germany has ended nearly 30 years of Scientology surveillance. After decades of investigations, where is the evidence? No terrorism. No violence. No extremist network. No conspiracy. Only ruined lives and failed allegations. standleague.org/newsroom/new…

Thomas Röder was a local parliament member in Germany. After being publicly identified as a Scientologist, he and his family endured relentless attacks—including death threats. Thirty years later, Germany ends the surveillance without proving the allegations used to justify this climate of hatred. standleague.org/newsroom/new…

International media are now reporting that Germany has ended nearly 30 years of Scientology surveillance. After decades of investigations, where is the evidence? No terrorism. No violence. No extremist network. No conspiracy. Only ruined lives and failed allegations. standleague.org/newsroom/new…

For nearly 30 years, Scientologists in Germany were treated as socially suspect because of their religion. Careers were damaged. Families were stigmatized. Children were isolated. And after all of it, Germany never even established the constitutional threat used to justify the surveillance. Because there was none. Read the full article: standleague.org/newsroom/new…

Germany spent nearly three decades treating Scientologists as constitutional threats. After all those years of surveillance and investigation, authorities produced no evidence that Scientologists were ever the danger they claimed. The allegations collapsed. But the damage done to thousands of innocent people was real. Learn more: standleague.org/newsroom/new…

For 30 years Germany surveilled Scientologists as supposed threats to democracy. Result? No terrorism. No conspiracy. No extremist network. No violence. Only decades of discrimination against peaceful religious believers. Now the surveillance ends exactly where it began: with nothing. Read more: standleague.org/newsroom/new…