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MADRID, SPAIN •
For the first time, the Scientology religion is included in the Diccionario de la Lengua Española de la Real Academia Española (Dictionary of the Spanish Language of the Royal Academy of Spain) or DRAE, the most authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. Produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy since 1780 and now in its 22nd edition, it defines Scientology religion as a “religious movement originating in the United States, which aims to promote awareness through certain introspective techniques.
KATHMANDU, NEPAL •
Youth for Human Rights Nepal hosts regional summit in Kathmandu. Dignitaries, officials and youth delegates from 15 nations attend.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA •
Churches of Scientology in 14 countries joined forces with Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) last week conducting a global petition drive in support of human rights education. Based on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the petition calls on governments to make human rights education mandatory and to conduct human rights education campaigns. The Declaration was ratified by the UN General Assembly in 1948 and defines the fundamental freedoms and human rights in the United Nations Charter.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA •
The Times reports that those whose advertising campaign spawned America’s opioid epidemic escaped prosecution by agreeing to pay a combined $634.5 million in fines and perform community service.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON •
Seattle’s Church of Scientology and volunteers with Foundation for a Drug-Free World hosted their annual block party celebrating National Night Out in support of community anti-crime efforts
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA •
Active in drug education and prevention throughout the year, Drug-Free World chapters in South Africa marked the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as the culmination of a concerted drive to bring an end to the country's drug epidemic.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA •
With violent crime on the rise in Los Angeles , more than 50 local businesses, nonprofits and faith-based organizations joined the LAPD in a community coalition on Faith & Blue Weekend to reclaim the streets of Hollywood with a neighborhood cleanup launched by the Hollywood Community Police Stat
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND •
A conference at the United Nations in Geneva on International Day for the Elimination of Racism looked into human rights education as a way to accomplish the purpose of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
MILAN, ITALY •
When Italy’s Simone Leo, a long-distance runner featured on the Scientology Network in an episode of I Am a Scientologist , finished the Brazil 135—a 48-hour race through mountains and jungles—he became the first athlete to complete all “Seven Sisters” 135-mile ultramarathons.
WASHINGTON, D.C. •
African-Indian fusion reaches across diverse cultures to find common values
Leading members of the diplomatic community, including South Africa Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool, federal officials and community leaders, shared an evening of music dedicated to human rights September 13 at the Church of Scientology National Affairs Office in Washington, D.C. The concert featured Gondwana Dawn, a group whose music reflects an abiding belief in the brotherhood of Mankind.