2001 Leipzig Human Rights Award
(originally the "2000 Alternative Charlemagne Award")
Dr. Norbert Blüm receives the Human Rights Award
of the European-American Citizens Committee
for Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the USA The
European-
American
Citizens Committee for Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the USA is
involved
in human rights and religious freedom in the USA and worldwide, and is
engaged
in the discussion in particular about new totalitarian organizations. In
doing
so it lets itself be guided by the stance taken by 17 million Americans
in
1950
when they signed a
pledge
to the Berlin Liberty Bell:
"I believe in the sacredness and dignity of the
individual.
I believe
that all men derive the right to freedom equally from God. I pledge to
resist
aggression and tyranny wherever they appear on earth."
We are dismayed that, for the last few years, the Scientology
Organization
(SO) has managed to exert its influence in US foreign politics. The SO,
responsible
for the 17 days of anguish immediately preceding the death of Lisa
McPherson (USA), for the financial ruin of the Aigner
family (Germany) and for the tragic death of Patrice
Vic (France), tries to inflict damage upon the European-American
friendship
for which we have all been working so hard in the past decades. As
European
friends
of the United States of America and or as US citizens, we are concerned
about
the attacks by the Scientology organization on the lives and human
dignity
of
not only its own members, but also of its critics.
2001 Human Rights Award for Dr. Norbert Blüm
The presentation to Dr. Norbert Blüm
on
June
10, 2001 in Leipzig,
the
city of the East German civil rights movement, will be the second
time
we
recognize a personage with the human rights award from the European-
American
Citizens Committee for Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the USA.
Dr. Norbert Blüm is, as of today, the
only
German federal minister who has had the courage to gain knowledge of the
facts
and make a personal effort to publicly come to terms with the new
totalitarianism
of the Scientology Organization (SO)
Guided by his public spirit and his sense of
responsibility,
Norbert
Blüm distinguished himself in human rights and in the freedoms of
religion
and of opinion by his involvement in a society at risk to the
totalitarian
Scientology
Organization, and by his concern for the minority persecuted and attacked
by the
SO - its former members.
With his clear words he encouraged those
people
who had felt the effect of the Scientology Organization, and with his
heartening
involvement as well, he set the standard in the politics of the day for
his
fellow
politicians.
We, by our appreciation, would like to show
our
support for all politicians on both sides of the Atlantic who take action
to put
an end to the human rights violations committed by the Scientology
Organization
in the USA and in Europe.
The Award
Committee:
Tabula Gratulatoria
"By our names we support the human rights award from
the
European-American Citizens Committee for Human Rights and Religious
Freedom
in
the USA to former federal minister Dr. Norbert Blüm. We
wholeheartedly
congratulate
him!"
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Heribert Altfeld, Fürstenberg Citizens
Initiative,
Fürstenberg,
Germany
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Mechthild Duchess of Ansembourg, Lenzkirch-Kappel,
Germany
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Gerry Armstrong, Canada, artist
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Dr. Hans-Peter Bartels, Member of the German
Parliament,
Kiel,
Germany
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Dr. Günther Beckstein, Bavarian State Minister of
the
Interior, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Jim Beebe, former CAN (cult Awarness Network) staff
member
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Rev. Gottfried Beesk, ret., Berlin, Germany
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Gertraud Beesk, teacher, Berlin, Germany
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Ole von Beust, Chairman of the CDU Faction in the
Hamburg Bürgerschaft,
Hamburg, Germany
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Elisabeth Bonacker, SO related mother, Niedersachsen,
Germany
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Klaus Brand, assistant principal (and preacher),
Dinkelsbühl,
Germany
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Eldon M. Braun, American in Paris, Writer/editor
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Stacy Brooks, President, Lisa McPherson Trust,
Clearwater,
Florida, USA
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Mark Bunker, Video Producer, Clearwater, Florida, USA
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Ursula Caberta, director of the Task Force on
Scientology,
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
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Prof. Claire Champollion, linguist, researcher and
author,
Paris, France
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Joe Cisar, Cleveland, Ohio, Vietnam veteran, USA
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Rob Clark, activist, York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Paulette Cooper, New York City, author, USA
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Rev. Horst Dähnick, ret., Joachimsthal, Germany
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Frau Luise Daszenies, teacher, Fürstenberg
Citizens
Initiative,
Fürstenberg, Germany
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Federal Minister Herta Däubler-Gmelin, Berlin,
Germany
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Katharina Doyé, Member of the Brandenburg State
Board
for Welfare and Interior politics for Bündnis 90/The Greens,
Potsdam,
Germany
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Professor Dr. Alexander Dvorkin, Moscow, Russia,
Director of
the St. Irenaeus-of-Lyon Center
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Jeta Eggers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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former Minister Rainer Eppelmann, Member of the German
Parliament,
Berlin, Germany
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Wolfgang Fischer, Deaconate and Religion education,
Treuchtlingen,
Germany
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Tatjana Forner, Club Dialog Berlin, Germany
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Gerhard Förster, artist, Vienna, Austria
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Axel Franken, member of the EBIS, Würzburg,
Germany
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Freimann-Kehdingen; Musician/Artist
http://www.stade-art-house.de/mmc/warp.html
Mediensprecher SOLID INFO e.V.,
http://home.t-online.de/home/Freimann-Gefecht/erben.html
Stade, Germany
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Jürgen v. Freymann, Lt. Colonel, ret., Hannover,
Germany
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Dr. Hans-Otto Furian, Theologian / Provost, ret.,
Berlin, Germany
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Rev. Thomas Gandow, Berlin, Germany, editor of the
Berlin Dialog
magazine
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Ute Gandow, physical therapist, Berlin, Germany
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Mike Garde, Dublin, Ireland, Dialogue Ireland
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Harry Gillmann, Community Church Council,
Freundeskreis
Berliner
Dialog, Berlin, Germany
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Roger Gonnet, Paris, France, author
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Elke Gorf, Aufklärungsgruppe Krokodil; Weinstadt;
Germany
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Maria Gorow, Community Council member, Neukirchen,
Germany
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Rev. Martina Graewe, minister, Berlin, Germany
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Barbara Graham, digital animator, Army veteran, San
Diego,
California, USA
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Friedrich Griess, Vienna, Austria, engineer, press
spokesman
of the "Gesellschaft gegen Kultgefahren"
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William G. Hagglund, Toronto Canada, Aktor/Kü
nstler
/politischer
Aktivist
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Hischam A. Hapatsch, theologian, Berlin, Germany
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Dieter Hapel, District Mayor of Berlin Tempelhof-
Schöneberg,
Berlin, Germany
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Tilman Hausherr, Berlin, Germany, software developer
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Ingo Heinemann, Manager, Board of the Aktion
fü
r
Geistige
und Psychische Freiheit e.V. Bonn (AGPF),
http://www.agpf.de,
Germany
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Keith Henson, Palo Alto, California, USA Consulting
engineer
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Dr. Susanne Herrmann, district director adult
education,
Berlin,
Germany
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Rüdiger Hintze, attorney, Hamburg, Germany
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Christel Hinz, grad. librarian, Nordhausen, Germany
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Uwe Hipp, former Scientologist, Stuttgart, Germany
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Ursula Höft, housewife, member of the board of
the
;I:Elterninitiative
zur Hilfe gegen seelische Abhängigkeit und religiösen
Extremismus
e.V.,
Munich, Germany
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Deana M. Holmes, information technology, Mesa,
Arizona,
USA
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Charlotte von Hörde, Germany
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Peter Hosak, Chairman, NETZWERK - Verein für
Sekten- und
Kultfragen, Graz, Austria
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Ilse Hruby-Plechl, author, Austria
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Jeff Jacobsen, Librarian, Clearwater, Florida USA
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Käthe Jelitto, Hamburg, Germany
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Rev. Werner Jendreiek, Ebermannstadt, Germany
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Vicar Christine Jendreieck, Ebermannstadt, Germany
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Burkhard Jung, Coordinator for Youth, Welfare, Health
and Schools
of the City of Leipzig, Germany
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Charlotte L. Kates, New Brunswick, New Jersey USA,
student
and activist
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Roderick Keller, Philadelphia, USA
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Baroness Gisela v. Keyserlingk, teacher at the Ev.
school center
Leipzig and principal of the Grimma/Döbern Ev. Primary School,
Leipzig, Germany
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Tom Klemesrud, Publisher
Thompson Courier & Rake Register
246 S. Harrison Street
Thompson, IA 50478
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Wolfgang Kneese, Flügelschlag e.V. Hamburg,
Germany
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Heike Kneese, Flügelschlag e.V. Hamburg, Germany
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Natascha Kobitzsch, student, Leipzig, Germany
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Helke Koulakiotis, independent saleswoman, member of
the
EBIS,
Weinstadt, Germany
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Torsten Krannich, theologian, Jena, Germany
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Steffen von Krosigk, retired, Potsdam, Germany
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Michael Kühn, primary school teacher,
Döbeln,
Germany
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Prof. Dr. Gottfried Küenzlen, Chair for Ev.
Theology and
Social ethics, University of the National Defense, Munich, Germany
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Andrea Küpker, Germany (Aufklärung,
Familienberatung)
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Rev. Friedrich v. Kymmel, Evangelical Parish Office,
Morgenitz,
Germany
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Christa Lagemann, teacher, Steinfurt, Germany
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Dr. Hanna-Renata Laurien, former Parliamentary
President, Berlin,
Germany
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Helga Lerchenmüller, Legal Director of the
Aktion Bildungsinformation
(ABI) in Stuttgart, http://www.abi-ev.de, Germany
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former federal minister Sabine Leutheusser-
Schnarrenberger,
Member of the German Parliament, Tutzing, Germany
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Renata Linné, translator, Dresden, Germany
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Jutta Lockau, Member of the Church Council of the
EKiBB,
Berlin,
Germany
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Ursula MacKenzie, retiree, London, England
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Gerlinde Martin, Engineering grad., Stollberg, Germany
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Klaus Maßmann, Pastor, Ev.-ref. Gemeinde
Osnabrück,
Friedenskirche, Germany
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Dr. Angela Merkel, Member of the German Parliament,
federal
chairmain of CDU Germany
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Robert S. Minton, Philanthropist, Clearwater, Florida,
USA
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Doris Müller, graduate social worker, Walldorf,
Germany
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Dipl. theol. Winfried Müller, publisher of IKS
Garamond
publishing house,
webmaster of RELIGIO, the information site on sects in Germany and world-
wide
( http://www.religio.de), Jena,
Germany
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Volker Niggemann, minister, Hoffnungstaler Anstalten,
Lobetal,
Germany
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Christa Paul, Berlin, Germany
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Deneen Phillips, Legal Assistant, Lisa McPherson
Trust,
Clearwater,
Florida, USA
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Dr. Wolfgang Pleister, Revenue Court Judge,
München, Germany
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Mark Plummer, writer, Austin, Texas, USA
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Ronald Pofalla, Member of the German Parliament,
Kleve,
Germany
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Solveig Prass, Leipzig, Germany, business manager, EBI
Leipzig,
Germany
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Jesse Prince, Vice President, Lisa McPherson Trust,
Clearwater,
Florida USA
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Jan-Pieter Rau, manager, Rheinsberg, Germany
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Beverly Rice, Medical Assistant, Florida, USA
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Pastor Klaus Ruch, Berlin, Germany
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former federal minister Volker Rühe, Member of
the
German
Parliament, Berlin, Germany
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Gisela Rusch, Berlin, Germany
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Bettina Schirbel, CD-Shop, Leipzig, Germany
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Prof. em. Dr. Ulrich Schneeweiss, Doctor,
Microbiologist, Berlin,
Germany
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Birgit Schneider, religion teacher, Oelsnitz, Germany
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Werner Schulz, Member of the German Parliament,
Berlin,
Germany
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Rev. Christian W. G. Schultze, Berlin, Germany
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Dr. Kerstin Schumann, doctor, Citizens Initiative
"Fürstenberg/H.
ohne Psychosekte", Fürstenberg, Germany
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Walter Schütte, journalist, München, Germany
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Karin Spaink, writer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jörg Stolzenberger, Aufklärungsgruppe
Krokodil; Weinstadt;
Germany
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Rüdiger Struck, AK Sekten Herford, Herford,
Germany
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Karin Struck, housewife, Herford, Germany
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Teresa S. Summers, Vice President Lisa McPherson
Trust,
Dunedin,
Florida USA
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Baron Volker v. Streit, minister, ret., Berlin,
Germany
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Helga Tettenborn, Berlin, Germany
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Rev. Martin Tettenborn, ret., Berlin, Germany
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Joachim Thewes, Göttinegn, BR Germany
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Parliament President Wolfgang Thierse, Member of the
German
Parliament, Berlin, Germany
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Jens Tingleff, engineer, Cambridge, Great Britain
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Rev. Eduard Trenkel, Minister, Kassel, Germany
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Mandy Weber, nurse, Olbernhau, Germany
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Michael J. Weichert, Faction Chairman Bündnis 90
/
The
Greens, City Hall, Leipzig, Germany
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Gerald Weiß, State Secretary, ret., Member of
the
German
Parliament, Hessen, Germany
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Liselotte Wenzelburger-Mack, Chairwoman of the EBIS
Parents
Association Baden-Württemberg, Recipient of the Federal Meritorious
Cross,
Großbettlingen, Germany
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Stephanie Werner, Chairperson EBI Sachsen e.V.,
Leipzig,
Germany
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Margarete Whittome, Secretary, Remseck, Germany
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Peter Widmer, Waldegg BE, Switzerland
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Rainer Wittner, attorney, Leipzig, Germany
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Margarete Wittstock, member of the Eltern- und
Betroffeneninitiative
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Steve Zadarnowski, Programmer, Perth, Western
Australia
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Sten-Arne Zerpe, Solna, Sweden, Network Engineer
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Professor Dr. Johannes Aagaard, Aarhus, Denmark,
President
of the Dialog Center International (DCI)
Associations
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Aktion für Geistige und Psychische Freiheit e.V.
Bonn (AGPF),
http://www.agpf.de, Germany
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Redaktion Berliner Dialog – Informationen und
Standpunkte
zur
religiösen Begegnung, Berlin, Germany http://www.berliner-dialog.de
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Dialog Zentrum Berlin, http://www.dialogzentrum.de
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Eltern- und Betroffeneninitiative gegen psychische
Abhängigkeit
– für Geistige Freiheit Berlin-Brandenburg http://www.ebi-berlin.de,
Germany
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Eltern- und Betroffeneninitiative gegen Psychische
Abhängigkeit
Sachsen e.V. http://www.ebi-sachsen e.V., Germany
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Fédération Européenne des Centres
de
recherche
et d'Information sur Sectarisme (FECRIS), Paris
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Gesellschaft gegen Sekten- und Kultgefahren vormals
Verein
zur Wahrung der Geistigen Freiheit – Gesamtösterreichische
Elterninitiative,
Wien, Österreich, http://www.user.xpoint.at/gsk
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