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Martine Boublil Kidnapped and Imprisoned By Scientology
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Martine Boublil Kidnapped and Imprisoned By Scientology
By Wen Hsing
Firstly, I want to highlight a recent case of kidnapping and unlawful detention carried out by Scientologists on a Frenchwoman named Martine Boublil. She is a former Scientologist who had to be rescued by Italian Police because 3 Scientologists were holding her prisoner and refusing to speak to her. She described the experience as "hell" and asserted that she never consented to be taken and imprisoned.
It is alleged they were carrying out an "Introspection Rundown" - a Scientology procedure where a psychotic person is isolated and imprisoned. Speaking to the person is forbidden. This case is a disturbing echo of the story of Lisa McPherson, an American woman who died in the care of Scientologists in 1995.
Here is some further information and sources:
Source: Agence France Presse
ROME • A French former Scientologist who was rescued in January after several weeks of captivity in Sardinia will return home next week, a police spokesman said yesterday.
Martine Boublil, who was found half naked on a mattress infested with insects and worms in a room full of rubbish on January 21, is still recovering in hospital from the ordeal but will return to France "sometime next week," the spokesman said from the northern Sardinian town of Nuoro. A French diplomat in Rome confirmed that the 48-year-old, whose brother Claude Boublil is a leading Scientologist in France, would go home "soon."
"The French consulate has followed this matter closely since the beginning in close collaboration with the Italian authorities, and Martine Boublil will soon be repatriated to France," the diplomat said.
Nuoro police were alerted to the kidnapping by a caller.
French Scientologists Arrested in Italy
Source: AFP
Three French members of the Church of Scientology, suspected of holding a fourth person against their will, were arrested Monday in Nuoro, Sardinia, a local police spokesman told AFP. "The three people belong to the Church of Scientology, whereas the person being held was probably not a member," Fabrizio Mustaro, of the Nuoro Prefecture on the Mediterranean island, told AFP.
Police were alerted by a phone call that reported cries for help coming from a house on Mount Ortobene, near Nuoro, said Mustaro. Officers found a 47-year-old woman of Tunisian origin sleeping semi-naked on a mattress infested with vermin. She was subsequently hospitalised. Three other people at the house, a 42-year-old woman and two 18-year-old men, one of Tunisian origin, were arrested and charged with kidnapping.
The three suspects had been living in the Nuoro region for about year, said Mustaro. They had so far refused to speak to officers, he added. All three were due to appear in court late Monday or early Tuesday.
Published: January 21, 2008 21:49h
The following is an excerpt from:
HCO BULLETIN OF 23 JANUARY 1974R
REVISED 10 FEBRUARY 1974
HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex
[QUOTE]
THE INTROSPECTION RD (Rundown)
The psychotic break, the last of the "unsolvable" conditions that can trap a person, has been solved.
STEPS OF THE RD
(Steps O and 00 are for a person in a psychotic break, not a normal person.)
O. On a person in a psychotic break isolate the person wholly with all attendants completely muzzled (no speech).
00. Give Vitamins (B Complex, including niacinamide) and minerals(calcium and magnesium) to build the person up.
[END QUOTE]
Links to articles about Martine Boublil kidnapping (use online translator such as Babelfish, or a French person):
Italian
http://www.corriere.it/cronache/08_gennaio_21/nuoro_rapimento_scientology_d2cd3c4c-c826-11dc-8c83-0003ba99c667.shtml
French
http://www.leparisien.fr/home/info/faitsdivers/articles/L-ETRANGE-SEQUESTRATION-QUI-EMBARRASSE-LA-SCIENTOLOGIE_296097555
http://www.france24.com/fr/20080301-scientologie-une-francaise-sequestree-sardaigne-bientot-rapatriee
http://www.rue89.com/2008/03/18/scientologie-les-dessous-de-laffaire-martine-boublil
http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualites/2008/03/03/01001-20080303ARTFIG00329-une-ancienne-adepte-francaise-sequestree-en-italie.php
http://www.20minutes.fr/article/207635/France-Trois-Francais-arretes-pour-sequestration-en-Italie.php
Interview with Martine Boublil
http://www.leparisien.fr/home/info/faitsdivers/articles.htm?articleid=296097673
A former Scientologist claims Martine Boublil's imprisonment was a standard procedure for those declared "type 3 PTS" - a procedure known as an Introspection Rundown.
http://www.leparisien.fr/home/info/faitsdivers/articles.htm?articleid=296097559
Article reveals that standard treatment in Scientology (according to the writings of L.Ron Hubbard) for a psychotic episode is the Introspection Rundown, a peculiar feature of which is the instruction that no-one is to speak to the person who is under isolation.
http://www.bakchich.info/article2875.html
Interview with Dr Claude Boublil, Martine Boublil's brother. He claims he was helping his sister.
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/opinions/20080306.OBS3863/un_frere_devoue_qui_voulait_aider_sa_soeur_mentalement_.html
Church of Scientology response
http://www.leparisien.fr/home/info/faitsdivers/articles.htm
French authorities pursue an investigation into cult
http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualites/2008/03/03/01001-20080303ARTFIG00327-scientologie-les-deputesreclament-une-enquete.php
http://www.20minutes.fr/article/216692/France-Le-frere-de-Martine-Boublil-dement-qu-elle-ait-ete-sequestree-par-des-scientologues.php
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/societe/20080310.OBS4293/francaise_sequestree_en_sardaigne__une_enquete_est_ouve.html
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/politique/20080302.OBS3044/scientologie__georges_fenech_veut_une_enquete_parlement.html
http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/france/faits-divers/0,,3729324,00-francaise-sequestree-par-scientologie-bientot-rapatriee-.html
http://www.rtl.fr/fiche/58865/scientologie-une-victime-francaise-sequestree-plusieurs-semaines.html
http://www.lepost.fr/article/2008/03/07/1111020_la-sante-est-l-un-des-domaines-de-predilection-des-sectes.html
http://www.lepost.fr/article/2008/03/02/1107636_il-faut-sauver-ingrid-et-toutes-les-personnes-comme-martine-boublil-ex-adepte-de-la-scientologie-qui-a-ete-sequestree-en-sardaigne.html
http://www.europe1.fr/informations/article.jsp?idboitier=809235&prov=rss
http://www.europe1.fr/informations/article.jsp?idboitier=810598&prov=rss
The second story relates to the tragic suicide of a young woman hours after receiving an extremely negative result on a Scientology "personality test."
"The daughter of a member of Norway's parliament committed suicide hours after she received what her family claims were "devastating" results from a personality test administered by the Church of Scientology. Police in France, where the young woman was studying, are investigating."
Source: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2371180.ece
Former Scientologists explain that the tests are used as a recruitment tool. The standard procedure is for test subjects to be told they have various flaws that only Scientology can fix. High pressure sales tactics are employed to make people pay for Scientology books and courses. Psychologists consider the test to be invalid and potentially dangerous.
Read about the test here:
http://www.xenu.net/archive/oca/
http://www.xenu.net/archive/oca/oca.html
"She laughed when I asked her to take a stress test. She cried when I found her ruin...Sell Dianetics books"
This quote is from a disturbing image found on a Scientology website (from an email urging Scientologists to join a "bookathon"), revealing the manipulative and cruel sales tactics used to sell Scientology books.
Original Source: www.lrh-books.com/mailings/080415_Bookathon_email/img/DN.GIRL.BPI%20lorez.jpg
Archived copy: http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k222/macdee71/DNGIRLBPIlorez.jpg
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