HUMAN RIGHTS TESTIMONY ROBERT SEIPLE: U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom testified to U.S. government efforts to resolve religious discrimination issues with French and German officials. “We have stressed in particular the risks associated with government deciding what does and does not constitute a religion.”

Catherine Bell, actress and star of the CBS TV series “JAG,” testified on behalf of herself and fellow Scientologist and actress Anne Archer, who could not attend the hearing, on the impact of religious discrimination in Germany on individuals and families. Following incidents in which boycotts or cancellations of Scientologist artists were threatened or effected in Germany, Archer undertook two fact-finding missions to the country. She has addressed the plenary session of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and met with members of the European Parliament, the EU Council and the U.S. Congress on the issue of religious discrimination in Germany.

Bell articulated cases involving artists and professionals, some in the hearing room, who were forced to leave Germany as a result of efforts to ruin their careers and destroy their livelihoods.

Views of Congressmen at the hearing towards state-sponsored discrimination in Germany were unequivocal. “We must hold the Germans accountable by the strongest possible means,” stated Rep. Don Manzullo of Illinois.

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