News - 2006

2006 news stories (newspapers and newsmagazines) about the OTS, sorted by outlet.

20 minutes

• "Ordre du Temple solaire: aucune peine contre Michel Tabachnik" [Order of the Solar Temple: no sentence against Michel Tabachnik]. 20 minutes (in Swiss French). 31 October 2006.
• "Ordre du temple solaire: Tabachnik innocenté" [Order of the Solar Temple: Tabachnik cleared]. 20 minutes (in Swiss French). ats. 20 December 2006.

Agence France-Presse

• "Le cinéaste Yves Boisset dénonce une affaire politico-mafieuse" [Filmmaker Yves Boisset denounces a political mafia affair]. Agence France-Presse (in French). 26 October 2006. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021 – via prevensectes.me.

BBC News

• "Conductor cleared of cult deaths". BBC News. 20 December 2006.

La Côte

• "Ordre du temple solaire: Michel Tabachnik à nouveau devant les juges" [Order of the Solar Temple: Michel Tabachnik again faces the courts]. La Côte (in Swiss French). No. 206. Nyon. ATS/AFP. 25 October 2006 – via Scriptorium.

La Croix

• "Michel Tabachnik relaxé dans l'affaire de l'Ordre du temple solaire" [Michel Tabachnik acquitted in Order of the Solar Temple case]. La Croix (in French). AFP. 20 December 2006.

La Dépêche du Midi

• "Des adeptes exécutés comme des chiens" [Followers executed like dogs]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 26 October 2006.

L'Express

Paris, France

• Lecluyse, Eric (31 October 2006). "Tabachnik épargné par le parquet" [Tabachnik spared by the prosecution]. L'Express (in French). Paris. Reuters. ISSN 0014-5270. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.

L'Express

Neuchâtel, Switzerland

• "Tabachnik à la case départ" [Tabachnik back where he started]. L'Express (in Swiss French). No. 247. Neuchâtel. Ats/AFP/Reuters. 25 October 2006. p. 25 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

Le Figaro

• "Ordre du temple solaire : le chef d'orchestre de nouveau devant les juges" [Order of the Solar Temple: the orchestra conductor back in court]. Le Figaro (in French). AFP. 24 October 2006.
• Pueyo, Serge (25 October 2006). "Ordre du Temple solaire : les larmes de Tabachnik" [Order of the Solar Temple: Tabachnik's tears]. Le Figaro (in French). Archived from the original on 9 November 2006.

The Guardian

• Chrisafis, Angelique (25 October 2006). "Conductor on trial over cult killings in France, Switzerland and Canada". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077.

L'Humanité

• Behar, Marianne (2 February 2006). "Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS" [The Bloody Mysteries of the OTS]. L'Humanité (in French). Paris. ISSN 0242-6870.

L'Illustré

• Cohen, Sandrice (25 January 2006). "L'OTS, un secret d'Etat?" [The OTS, a state secret?]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). p. 83 – via Scriptorium. *COVER*

L'Impartial

• "Tabachnik à la case départ" [Tabachnik back where he started]. L'Impartial (in Swiss French). No. 39428. Ats/AFP/Reuters. 25 October 2006. p. 23 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

Libération

• Icher, Bruno (2 February 2006). "Les désordres du Temple solaire" [Troubles at the Solar Temple]. Libération (in French). Paris. ISSN 0335-1793.

La Liberté

• Sieber, Pierre-André (26 January 2010). "Des zones d'ombre en série, 15 ans après" [Gray areas, 15 years on]. La Liberté (in Swiss French). Year 139, no. 96. Fribourg. p. 9 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
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La Libre Belgique

• Tshidimba, Karin (2 February 2006). "L'obscur Temple solaire" [The dark Solar Temple]. La Libre Belgique (in French). Brussels. ISSN 1379-6992.
• "Le chef d'orchestre à nouveau sur le banc des accusés" [Conductor back in the dock]. La Libre Belgique (in French). Brussels. 23 October 2006. ISSN 1379-6992.

Le Matin

• Borcard, Vincent (31 January 2006). "On nous cache tout, on nous dit rien" [They hide everything, tell us nothing]. Le Matin (in Swiss French). No. 31. Lausanne. p. 63. ISSN 1018-3736 – via Scriptorium.
• Jt., R. (25 October 2006). "Tabachnik a pleuré" [Tabachnik cried]. Le Matin (in Swiss French). No. 298. Lausanne. ap.p. 16. ISSN 1018-3736 – via Scriptorium.
• "OTS: «L'ombre de Pasqua»" [OTS: "The shadow of Pasqua"]. Le Matin (in Swiss French). No. 301. Lausanne. afp. 28 October 2006. p. 18. ISSN 1018-3736 – via Scriptorium.

Le Monde

• F., G. (27 January 2006). "Les Mystères sanglants de l'OTS" [The Bloody Mysteries of the OTS]. Le Monde (in French). Paris. ISSN 0395-2037.
• "La sélection télévision" [Television selection]. Le Monde (in French). Paris. 3 February 2006. p. 31. ISSN 0395-2037.
• Tenoux, Jean-Pierre (15 August 2006). "Hécatombe à la secte" [Massacre at the cult]. Le Monde (in French). Paris. ISSN 0395-2037.
• "Ordre du Temple solaire : la relaxe de Michel Tabachnik confirmée en appel" [Order of the Solar Temple: Michel Tabachnik's acquittal upheld on appeal]. Le Monde (in French). Paris. AFP. 20 December 2006. ISSN 0395-2037.

The New York Times

• Edidin, Peter (23 December 2006). "Arts, Briefly: A Cult and an Acquittal" The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. (alt link)

Le Nouvelliste

Sion, Valais, Switzerland

• "Le dernier monstre?" [The last monster?]. Le Nouvelliste (in Swiss French). Sion. ATS/AFP. 25 October 2006. ISSN 1661-500X – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

Le Nouvel Obs

• "OTS : Tabachnik jugé en appel" [OTS: Tabachnik on appeal]. Le Nouvel Obs (in French). Paris. 25 October 2006. ISSN 0029-4713.
• "OTS : une affaire "politico-mafieuse" ?" [OTS: A "political-mafia" affair?]. Le Nouvel Obs (in French). Paris. 31 October 2006. ISSN 0029-4713.
• "Un expert raconte la tuerie de l'OTS" [An expert recounts the OTS massacre]. Le Nouvel Obs (in French). Paris. 31 October 2006. ISSN 0029-4713.

Le Parisien

• Dassonville, Aude (2 February 2006). "Temple solaire : l'enquête troublante d'Yves Boisset" [Solar Temple: Yves Boisset's troubling investigation]. Le Parisien (in French). ISSN 0767-3558.
• Carle, Gilles (26 October 2006). "Le cinéaste Yves Boisset met en cause la thèse du suicide collectif" [Filmmaker Yves Boisset questions the theory of mass suicide]. Le Parisien (in French). ISSN 0767-3558.
• Carle, Gilles (26 October 2006). "« Il existe encore des adeptes de l'OTS dans le monde »" ["There are still OTS devotees in the world"]. Le Parisien (in French). ISSN 0767-3558.

Radio-Canada

• "Un médecin raconte l'horreur" [A doctor recounts the horror]. Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). 25 October 2006.

Le Républicain Lorrain

• Bance, Richard (6 July 2006). "Tabachnik : « Je reste un pestiféré ! »" [Tabachnik: “I'm still a plague victim!"]. Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). p. 23 – via free.fr.

RTS

• "OTS: MichelTabachnik sans doute acquitté" [OTS: MichelTabachnik likely to be acquitted]. RTS (in Swiss French). ats/tac. 31 October 2006.

Le Soir

• "Le procès du temple solaire s'est ouvert" [The Solar Temple trial begins]. Le Soir (in French). 24 October 2006.

SWI swissinfo

• "Michel Tabachnik retourne devant les juges" [Michel Tabachnik returns to court]. SWI swissinfo (in Swiss French). Bern. 24 October 2006.
• "Suspected cult leader faces second trial". SWI swissinfo. Bern. 24 October 2006.
• "Swiss conductor acquitted of sect killings". SWI swissinfo. Bern. 20 December 2006.

Toronto Star

• Gordon, Sean (25 October 2006). "Trial highlights Canadian cult link". Toronto Star. p. A3. Archived – via usherbrooke.ca.

TV8

• Pernet, Sarah (16 January 2006). "Loin de l'Ordre rétabli" [Far from the restored Order]. TV8 (in Swiss French). No. 4. Lausanne. p. 8. ISSN 1424-991X – via Scriptorium.