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May 19, 2003
ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny: Now more than ever!
I believe that my husband, Ernst Zundel, is in very serious
danger of his life. I have good reasons for saying so, and I will continue
to say so.
One of our friends who is trying to bring some relief to
Ernst told me yesterday in so many words that this was not the time to get
hysterical - that calmness ought to be our strategy; that relief will come
through the courts.
My reply was, and is, that this is not the time be be
nonchalant. Ernst has now been given another date for yet another bail
hearing - July 28! That is more than another ten weeks in a Canadian
hellhole - where anything can happen! If I am "over-reacting", so
be it.
I know that in the sudden transfer from one prison to
another Ernst's court case documents have mysteriously been
"flooded" - is that an accident? Some of them, he told me, were
originals. How convenient for his enemies to have important documents
destroyed!
Several of you took the time and trouble to collect for me
the e-mails (and some phone and fax numbers) of Amnesty International hubs.
I believe a good beginning is to let the various branches of this
high-visibility organization know what is happening, and ask them to help
publicize this case.
We have got to act to publicize his case, and massively. We
have got to do so all over the world. I ask you to help me. Please don't put
it off!
One of my cyber helpers put it plainly:
"Please help free Mr. Ernst Zundel --- arrested and
badly treated for his political beliefs, married to an American citizen,
arrested, jailed in Canada and could be deported to Germany. Today it's Mr.
Zundel, a 64 year old pacifist, tomorrow it could be you."
Here is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly Resolution 217 A (III) of 10
December 1948: (Sent to me last night...)
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Further information http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/navigate/region.htm#Europe
Preamble
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the
equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the
foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have
resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind,
and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of
speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as
the highest aspiration of the common people,
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to
have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and
oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,
Article 9
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention
or exile.
Article 10
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public
hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of
his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him
Article 18
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience
and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or
belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in
public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching,
practice, worship and observance.
Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and
expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without
interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through
any media and regardless of frontiers.
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/AboutAI_recs_torture
12-Point Program for the Prevention of Torture
Torture is a fundamental violation of human rights,
condemned by the General Assembly of the United Nations as an offence to
human dignity and prohibited under national and international law.The
12-Point Program was adopted by Amnesty International in October 1983 as
part of the organization's Campaign for the Abolition of Torture. It
includes measures that could be taken by all governments to halt the
torture of prisoners.
<http://web.amnesty.org/pages/AboutAI_recs_disappear>14-Point
Program for the Prevention of Disappearances
The "disappeared" are people who have been taken
into custody by agents of the state, yet whose whereabouts and fate are
concealed, and whose custody is denied. Amnesty International calls on all
governments to implement this 14-point program for the prevention of
"disappearances".
<http://web.amnesty.org/pages/AboutAI_recs_executions>14-Point
Program for the Prevention of Extrajudicial Executions
Extrajudicial executions are fundamental violations of
human rights and an affront to the conscience of humanity. These unlawful
and deliberate killings, carried out by order of a government or with its
complicity or acquiescence, have been condemned by the United Nations.This
14-Point Program was adopted by Amnesty International in December 1992 as
part of the organization's worldwide campaign for the eradication of
extrajudicial executions.
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For a start, here are some addresses and contact numbers of
Amnesty International. Amnesty International/Canada has, so far, refused to
get involved beyond talking out of both sides of their mouths - apparently
afraid to be politically incorrect by taking on the case of a systematically
demonized immigrant of German background, hated by Canada's Number One
pressure group. There is a very simple way that Amnesty Internation can get
involved:
ASK THEM TO HELP US TO GET ERNST ZUNDEL OUT OF PRISON
AND, IF NEED BY, INTO HOUSE ARREST. HIS FRIENDS WILL EVEN PAY FOR IT! IF
ERNST STAYS IN PRISON, IT IS MY FIRM BELIEF THAT HE WILL LOSE HIS LIFE! I DO
NOT SAY THAT LIGHTLY!
Here are the Canadian Amnesty International Branches to
contact:
CANADA (ENGLISH)
Web site http://www.amnesty.ca/
Telephone + 1 613 744 76 67
Fax number + 1 613 746 24 11
Address 312 Laurier Avenue
East Ottawa Ontario
K1N 1H9 CANADA
Web site http://www.amnistie.qc.ca/
Telephone + 1 514 766 97 66
Fax number + 1 514 766 20 88
Address 6250 boulevard Monk
Montreal Quebec
H4E 3H7 CANADA
Ernst Zundel's friends in Europe should contact the Amnesty
International Bonn office as well as the European Union in Brussels and ask
them why they have not taken a stand to assist a Revisionist publisher with
a flawless record of pacifism, who is in danger of being deported into a
country where there is NO Freedom of Speech:
GERMANY Web site http://www.amnesty.de/
Telephone + 49 228 983 730 Fax number + 49 228 630 036
Address D-53108 Bonn GERMANY
EUROPEAN UNION Web site http://www.amnesty-eu.org/
Telephone +32 2 502 14 99 Fax number +32 2 502 56 86 Address
rue d'Arlon 39-41 Brussels B-1000, Belgium EUROPEAN UNION
Other European branches are located in Vienna, Austria;
Rome, Italy; and London, UK;
AUSTRIA
Web site http://www.amnesty.at
Telephone + 43 1 780 08 Fax number + 43 1 780 08 44 Address
Moeringgasse 10 Wien A - 1150 AUSTRIA
ITALY
Web site http://www.amnesty.it/
Telephone + 39 06 449 01 Fax number + 39 06 449 02 22
Address Via Giovanni Battista De Rossi 10 Roma 00161 ITALY
UNITED KINGDOM
Web site http://www.amnesty.org.uk/
Telephone +44 20 7814 6200 Fax number +44 20 7833 1510
Address 99-119 Rosebery Avenue London EC1R 4RE UNITED KINGDOM
In the US, the appropriate headquarters to contact are in
New York:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Web site http://www.amnestyusa.org/
Telephone +1 212 807 8400 Fax number +1 212 463 9193\1 212
627 1451 Address 322 8th Avenue New York NY 10001 UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
Email admin-us@aiusa.org
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This morning, I went to our local sheriff's office to try to
get them to put on record what I told them in great urgency - that I
believed that Ernst was in serious, possibly mortal danger, and that I could
also be hurt. I am not sure I succeeded. The officers I spoke to were
friendly and professional, and I felt a little better that I had some time
with them and they could connect a human face with the story, but I find it
shocking that when I told them, as I did repeatedly, that I had very good
reasons for stating that Ernst's life was in danger - all I got was nods.
Their repeated response was that since Ernst had been picked
up by federal agents for being in the USA "illegally", and since,
moreover, he was now in Canadian custody, ready to be deported, there was
absolutely nothing they could do.
It did not matter that I tried to tell them that the
repeated claim of Ernst's "illegal" stay was false - he was not
here "illegally"! He was married to me, and his papers were being
processed.
That was for the courts to decide, I was told.
Sure - when? In a year? After having to spend hundreds of
thousands of dollars?
Why come to us, they asked in genuine astonishment. Why not
contact Canadian authorities?
As if help can be had from Canada! Where else am I to go, if
not to local law enforcement?
I did get the sheriff who witnessed the arrest to admit that
he had not seen the arrest warrant. He said he heard it read to Ernst before
he was arrested. He said the federal officers wore badges, and that was
proof enough for him they had a legitimate case.
I said it was an unsigned piece of paper from which the
so-called arrest warrant was read.
I pointed out that Ernst had told me it had been signed in
Knoxville AFTER the arrest. I said I knew that for a fact because the
picture of that warrant shows Ernst in the same clothes in which he was
arrested - and that picture was not taken in our driveway! Those are the
clothes he wears in his various court appearances - and we have the photos
and video to prove it.
Who knows how all this will end. Tomorrow I will try to get
you some media addresses. Please care enough to email or fax to Amnesty
International (any or all) for a start.
Ingrid
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Write to Canada's Immigration Minister and complain
over the unfair treatment Ernst Zündel has received.
Immigration Minister Denis Coderre
House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Telephone: (613) 995-6108
Fax: (613) 995-9755
Email: Coderre.D@parl.gc.ca |
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