2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Germany, the United States Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor's own annual report, summarizes the 1995 Federal Labour Court holding on Scientology and Germany's subsequent domestic intelligence observation of the movement. Its strength is that it is a primary government document compiling information gathered through the State Department's own diplomatic channels. Its limit is that it is one government's official assessment of another country's religious freedom situation, carrying that government's own priorities and framing, not an independent academic account, which should be sought separately for a fuller picture.
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Citation
AuthorUnited States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
PublisherUnited States Department of State
Publication Year2020
URLhttps://2021-2025.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/germany/
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: a primary government document compiled through the State Department's own diplomatic channels, authoritative for what the department found though carrying that government's own framing. NotesSummarises the 1995 Federal Labour Court holding and the subsequent observation by German domestic intelligence.
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This source names Germany directly: "on International Religious Freedom: Germany, the United States Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor's own annual report, summarizes the 1995 Federal Labour Court holding..."
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- New Religious Movements, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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