Blog: ECHR rebuffs Scientology Belgium - 2013-09-20
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ECHR rebuffs Scientology Belgium September 20, 2013,
ECHR rebuffs Scientology Belgium September 20, 2013,
Europe's top court has thrown out a Scientology complaint against Belgium over prosecutors' comments to the media about an ongoing investigation.
T he European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a complaint from Scientology against Belgian officials for their comments to the press on an ongoing investigation into the movement.
ECHR rejects Scientology bid Briefly, Scientology was arguing its right to a fair trial had been breached by comments made by prosecutors. The ECHR pointed out that since the trial had not yet taken place, that was a little premature.