Original sentence: According to the task force brief "The ECHR itself did not consider whether the Scientology organisation as such meets the characteristics of a religion (or religious community) within the meaning of article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights in terms of its structure and beliefs... without positively according the Scientology organization as a whole the status of a religious community".The Scientology Working Group of the City of Hamburg released an analysis, in English, of the recent European Court of Human Rights decision against Russian policy on Scientology and why the European Court of Human Rights is wrong
Edited sentence: In the opinion of the Working group, "The ECHR itself did not consider whether the Scientology organisation as such meets the characteristics of a religion (or religious community) within the meaning of article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights in terms of its structure and beliefs... without positively according the Scientology organization as a whole the status of a religious community".The Scientology Working Group of the City of Hamburg posted comments on the city's website, in English, containing its assessment of the judgment and its implications.The statement does not provide any information on the identity or qualifications of its authors.The task force then goes on to conclude that the Russian authorities are "perfectly entitled to refuse such registration once again for other, sound reasons"