Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 01, 2002 to February 15, 2002

Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph)

New Aum (Aleph) Leader / Japan

Fumihiro Joyu, the high-profile spokesperson for Aum Shinrikyo, now called Aleph, has been elected to lead the group. In December 1999, Joyu was released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for perjury and forgery. He was one of only a few senior Aum leaders not charged in connection with the 1999 nerve gas attack, which left 12 people dead and injured thousands. News 24, 1/28/02, Internet)

Russian Aum Members Convicted in Bomb Plot / Russia

Five Russian members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult were convicted Wednesday of planning to set off bombs in Japanese cities to force officials to free the cult's leader. They received sentences ranging from 41/2 to 8 years. They hoped by terrorizing Japan to win the release of Shoko Asahara, who was jailed pending trial as the suspected mastermind of the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway, the prosecutor said. (Chicago Tribune, 1/24/02, Internet)

"Of course, I remain a believer in Aum Shinrikyo, as I was up to my arrest. But our attitude toward our actions have changed — of course we regret them," Dmitry Sigachyov, leader of the Russian group, said in his final court statement. (Reuters, 1/23/02, Internet)

Aum, in Tokyo, denied that the group had assisted in the planned attack. (Courier-Mail, 1/25/02, Internet)

Compensation to Aum Victims / Japan

A woman on welfare who was a victim of Aum Shinrikyo's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system will be able to keep her welfare money, as well as 3 million yen in compensation she was awarded after the attack. Normally, officials scrutinize how welfare recipients use the extra money and order most to repay their benefits, ministry officials said.  "This decision was made in consideration of the unusual nature of the incident and the background in which the government canceled Aum's debts to give priority to compensation to victims," said an official from the ministry's Public Assistance Division. (Japan Times, 1/12/02, Internet)

Life Sentence Upheld / Japan

The Tokyo High Court has upheld a life imprisonment ruling by a lower court for a former AUM Shinrikyo cult member over his role in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. Koichi Kitamura, 33. The judge said that life imprisonment is not too harsh a sentence for Kitamura.  Despite the that fact he did not play a leading role in the crime, he was aware of the plan in advance and clearly realized the killing power of sarin gas, said Presiding Judge Tetsuya Yoshimoto. (Xinhua via COMTEX, 1/29/02, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 01, 2002 to February 15, 2002

Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph)

New Aum (Aleph) Leader / Japan

Fumihiro Joyu, the high-profile spokesperson for Aum Shinrikyo, now called Aleph, has been elected to lead the group. In December 1999, Joyu was released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for perjury and forgery. He was one of only a few senior Aum leaders not charged in connection with the 1999 nerve gas attack, which left 12 people dead and injured thousands. News 24, 1/28/02, Internet)

Russian Aum Members Convicted in Bomb Plot / Russia

Five Russian members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult were convicted Wednesday of planning to set off bombs in Japanese cities to force officials to free the cult's leader. They received sentences ranging from 41/2 to 8 years. They hoped by terrorizing Japan to win the release of Shoko Asahara, who was jailed pending trial as the suspected mastermind of the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway, the prosecutor said. (Chicago Tribune, 1/24/02, Internet)

"Of course, I remain a believer in Aum Shinrikyo, as I was up to my arrest. But our attitude toward our actions have changed — of course we regret them," Dmitry Sigachyov, leader of the Russian group, said in his final court statement. (Reuters, 1/23/02, Internet)

Aum, in Tokyo, denied that the group had assisted in the planned attack. (Courier-Mail, 1/25/02, Internet)

Compensation to Aum Victims / Japan

A woman on welfare who was a victim of Aum Shinrikyo's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system will be able to keep her welfare money, as well as 3 million yen in compensation she was awarded after the attack. Normally, officials scrutinize how welfare recipients use the extra money and order most to repay their benefits, ministry officials said.  "This decision was made in consideration of the unusual nature of the incident and the background in which the government canceled Aum's debts to give priority to compensation to victims," said an official from the ministry's Public Assistance Division. (Japan Times, 1/12/02, Internet)

Life Sentence Upheld / Japan

The Tokyo High Court has upheld a life imprisonment ruling by a lower court for a former AUM Shinrikyo cult member over his role in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. Koichi Kitamura, 33. The judge said that life imprisonment is not too harsh a sentence for Kitamura.  Despite the that fact he did not play a leading role in the crime, he was aware of the plan in advance and clearly realized the killing power of sarin gas, said Presiding Judge Tetsuya Yoshimoto. (Xinhua via COMTEX, 1/29/02, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 01, 2002 to February 15, 2002

Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph)

New Aum (Aleph) Leader / Japan

Fumihiro Joyu, the high-profile spokesperson for Aum Shinrikyo, now called Aleph, has been elected to lead the group. In December 1999, Joyu was released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for perjury and forgery. He was one of only a few senior Aum leaders not charged in connection with the 1999 nerve gas attack, which left 12 people dead and injured thousands. News 24, 1/28/02, Internet)

Russian Aum Members Convicted in Bomb Plot / Russia

Five Russian members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult were convicted Wednesday of planning to set off bombs in Japanese cities to force officials to free the cult's leader. They received sentences ranging from 41/2 to 8 years. They hoped by terrorizing Japan to win the release of Shoko Asahara, who was jailed pending trial as the suspected mastermind of the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway, the prosecutor said. (Chicago Tribune, 1/24/02, Internet)

"Of course, I remain a believer in Aum Shinrikyo, as I was up to my arrest. But our attitude toward our actions have changed — of course we regret them," Dmitry Sigachyov, leader of the Russian group, said in his final court statement. (Reuters, 1/23/02, Internet)

Aum, in Tokyo, denied that the group had assisted in the planned attack. (Courier-Mail, 1/25/02, Internet)

Compensation to Aum Victims / Japan

A woman on welfare who was a victim of Aum Shinrikyo's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system will be able to keep her welfare money, as well as 3 million yen in compensation she was awarded after the attack. Normally, officials scrutinize how welfare recipients use the extra money and order most to repay their benefits, ministry officials said.  "This decision was made in consideration of the unusual nature of the incident and the background in which the government canceled Aum's debts to give priority to compensation to victims," said an official from the ministry's Public Assistance Division. (Japan Times, 1/12/02, Internet)

Life Sentence Upheld / Japan

The Tokyo High Court has upheld a life imprisonment ruling by a lower court for a former AUM Shinrikyo cult member over his role in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. Koichi Kitamura, 33. The judge said that life imprisonment is not too harsh a sentence for Kitamura.  Despite the that fact he did not play a leading role in the crime, he was aware of the plan in advance and clearly realized the killing power of sarin gas, said Presiding Judge Tetsuya Yoshimoto. (Xinhua via COMTEX, 1/29/02, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 01, 2002 to February 15, 2002

Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph)

New Aum (Aleph) Leader / Japan

Fumihiro Joyu, the high-profile spokesperson for Aum Shinrikyo, now called Aleph, has been elected to lead the group. In December 1999, Joyu was released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for perjury and forgery. He was one of only a few senior Aum leaders not charged in connection with the 1999 nerve gas attack, which left 12 people dead and injured thousands. News 24, 1/28/02, Internet)

Russian Aum Members Convicted in Bomb Plot / Russia

Five Russian members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult were convicted Wednesday of planning to set off bombs in Japanese cities to force officials to free the cult's leader. They received sentences ranging from 41/2 to 8 years. They hoped by terrorizing Japan to win the release of Shoko Asahara, who was jailed pending trial as the suspected mastermind of the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway, the prosecutor said. (Chicago Tribune, 1/24/02, Internet)

"Of course, I remain a believer in Aum Shinrikyo, as I was up to my arrest. But our attitude toward our actions have changed — of course we regret them," Dmitry Sigachyov, leader of the Russian group, said in his final court statement. (Reuters, 1/23/02, Internet)

Aum, in Tokyo, denied that the group had assisted in the planned attack. (Courier-Mail, 1/25/02, Internet)

Compensation to Aum Victims / Japan

A woman on welfare who was a victim of Aum Shinrikyo's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system will be able to keep her welfare money, as well as 3 million yen in compensation she was awarded after the attack. Normally, officials scrutinize how welfare recipients use the extra money and order most to repay their benefits, ministry officials said.  "This decision was made in consideration of the unusual nature of the incident and the background in which the government canceled Aum's debts to give priority to compensation to victims," said an official from the ministry's Public Assistance Division. (Japan Times, 1/12/02, Internet)

Life Sentence Upheld / Japan

The Tokyo High Court has upheld a life imprisonment ruling by a lower court for a former AUM Shinrikyo cult member over his role in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. Koichi Kitamura, 33. The judge said that life imprisonment is not too harsh a sentence for Kitamura.  Despite the that fact he did not play a leading role in the crime, he was aware of the plan in advance and clearly realized the killing power of sarin gas, said Presiding Judge Tetsuya Yoshimoto. (Xinhua via COMTEX, 1/29/02, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 01, 2002 to February 15, 2002

Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph)

New Aum (Aleph) Leader / Japan

Fumihiro Joyu, the high-profile spokesperson for Aum Shinrikyo, now called Aleph, has been elected to lead the group. In December 1999, Joyu was released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for perjury and forgery. He was one of only a few senior Aum leaders not charged in connection with the 1999 nerve gas attack, which left 12 people dead and injured thousands. News 24, 1/28/02, Internet)

Russian Aum Members Convicted in Bomb Plot / Russia

Five Russian members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult were convicted Wednesday of planning to set off bombs in Japanese cities to force officials to free the cult's leader. They received sentences ranging from 41/2 to 8 years. They hoped by terrorizing Japan to win the release of Shoko Asahara, who was jailed pending trial as the suspected mastermind of the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway, the prosecutor said. (Chicago Tribune, 1/24/02, Internet)

"Of course, I remain a believer in Aum Shinrikyo, as I was up to my arrest. But our attitude toward our actions have changed — of course we regret them," Dmitry Sigachyov, leader of the Russian group, said in his final court statement. (Reuters, 1/23/02, Internet)

Aum, in Tokyo, denied that the group had assisted in the planned attack. (Courier-Mail, 1/25/02, Internet)

Compensation to Aum Victims / Japan

A woman on welfare who was a victim of Aum Shinrikyo's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system will be able to keep her welfare money, as well as 3 million yen in compensation she was awarded after the attack. Normally, officials scrutinize how welfare recipients use the extra money and order most to repay their benefits, ministry officials said.  "This decision was made in consideration of the unusual nature of the incident and the background in which the government canceled Aum's debts to give priority to compensation to victims," said an official from the ministry's Public Assistance Division. (Japan Times, 1/12/02, Internet)

Life Sentence Upheld / Japan

The Tokyo High Court has upheld a life imprisonment ruling by a lower court for a former AUM Shinrikyo cult member over his role in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. Koichi Kitamura, 33. The judge said that life imprisonment is not too harsh a sentence for Kitamura.  Despite the that fact he did not play a leading role in the crime, he was aware of the plan in advance and clearly realized the killing power of sarin gas, said Presiding Judge Tetsuya Yoshimoto. (Xinhua via COMTEX, 1/29/02, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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