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Nov 8, 2003
ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny
Wouldn't you know it - it's still that darn Zundelsite that
plagues the Canadian censors!
Think about it - if I want my husband back, it looks like
I'll have to trade them my website! It's just as Ernst told the judge:
"I am the world's first website hostage..."
I am now brooding on a poll where I could put it to the
American people: "Are you willing to let me trade your precious First
Amendment to the Kanadian Kommissars to I can get my kidnapped husband back
to Tennessee? If no, you are going to have to help me. If yes, there goes
your freedom out the window - you may be sure of that!"
What do you think they are going to say?
I am still waiting for an actual summary of the hearing
yesterday, but in the meantime, take a look what the Canadian media have to
say:
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Holocaust-denier says Canadian courts have no power
over U.S.-based site
GREG BONNELL Canadian Press
Friday, November 07, 2003
TORONTO (CP) - Holocaust-denier Ernst Zundel told a judge
Friday that Canadian courts have no authority over a U.S.-based website
administered by his American wife that the Canadian Human Rights
Commission says spreads anti-Semitic messages.
"Am I going to ask my wife, from my jail cell, to
enforce a ruling that does not apply to her?" Zundel replied when
asked if he'd comply with the commission's order to remove the offending
material from www.zundelsite.org.
"I cannot. I have no means."
Zundel, 64, has repeatedly said he has no control over the
website, and told his detention review Friday that "there's no court
in Canada that can force my wife" to remove the material.
But Federal Court Judge Pierre Blais, who'll determine if
Zundel should be released from jail pending an assessment of whether he's
a security risk, said he had "serious doubts" regarding Zundel's
claims of cyber-ignorance.
"There's a decision made; he didn't comply with the
decision," Blais said of the commission's ruling, putting the
question of compliance to Zundel after expressing dissatisfaction with the
Crown's line of questioning.
"I want to know if he'll comply" now that he's
back in Canada, Blais said.
In January 2002, the tribunal ruled that the site
contravened the Canadian Human Rights Act and found that Zundel had
"effective control of the site."
But defence lawyer Doug Christie argued that "I can't
stop her" was a perfectly valid defence and that it was wrong of
Blais to conclude Zundel was refusing to abide by the ruling.
"It's not a breach of the order if he doesn't do
anything," Christie said. "It's (Zundel's wife) not complying,
and she's not obliged to."
Zundel's connection to the website was also called into
question by the Crown, which told the court the site recently posted a
letter written by Zundel from his jail cell.
"I didn't even know until you showed me now that it
was posted," Zundel said.
Zundel, who fled to Tennessee to live with his wife before
the Canadian Human Rights Commission ruling came down, is seeking freedom
pending a review of a federal security certificate issued earlier this
year that says he's a security risk.
The certificate could send him back to Germany to face
charges of suspicion of incitement of hatred.
Zundel assured the court Friday that, if deported to
Germany, he'd surrender himself to Canadian authorities willingly.
"I will not go into hiding, I will not run away,
that's not my style," he said, but added he'll exhaust all possible
legal avenues to fight deportation.
Throughout the review, which began in May, government
lawyers have repeatedly tried to link Zundel with other Holocaust-deniers
and white supremacists.
Zundel was jailed in February when he was deported to
Canada from the United States for overstaying a visitor's visa.
He immediately applied for refugee status in Canada but
was denied release by the Immigration and Refugee Board three times before
Ottawa suspended the application May 2, one day after the security
certificate was issued.
Once Zundel's detention review is complete, a judge must
decide whether the security certificate, much of it based on secret
evidence from the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service, is
reasonable.
Once approved, the certificate becomes an immediate
removal order.
Zundel remains in solitary confinement at Toronto's Metro
West Detention Centre.
© Copyright 2003 The Canadian Press
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Saturday, November 8, 2003
Zundel embroiled in website battle
By CP
TORONTO -- Holocaust-denier Ernst Zundel told a judge
yesterday Canadian courts have no authority over a U.S.-based website
administered by his American wife that the Canadian Human Rights Commission
says spreads anti-Semitic messages.
"Am I going to ask my wife, from my jail cell, to
enforce a ruling that does not apply to her?" Zundel replied when asked
if he'd comply with the commission's order to remove the offending material
from www.zundelsite.org.
"I cannot. I have no means."
Zundel, 64, has repeatedly said he has no control over the
website, and told his detention review "there's no court in Canada that
can force my wife" to remove the material.
Federal Court Judge Pierre Blais, who'll determine if Zundel
should be released from jail pending an assessment of whether he's a
security risk, said he had "serious doubts" regarding Zundel's
claims of cyber-ignorance.
"There's a decision made. He didn't comply with the
decision," Blais said of the commission's ruling, putting the question
of compliance to Zundel after expressing dissatisfaction with the Crown's
line of questioning.
"I want to know if he'll comply" now that he's
back in Canada, Blais said.
In January 2002, the tribunal ruled the site contravened the
Canadian Human Rights Act and found Zundel had "effective control of
the site."
But defence lawyer Doug Christie argued "I can't stop
her" was a perfectly valid defence and that it was wrong of Blais to
conclude Zundel was refusing to abide by the ruling.
"It's not a breach of the order if he doesn't do
anything," Christie said.
"It's (Zundel's wife) not complying, and she's not
obliged to."
Zundel was jailed in February when he was deported to Canada
from the U.S. for overstaying a visitor's visa. He immediately applied for
refugee status in Canada, but was denied release by the Immigration and
Refugee Board three times before Ottawa suspended the application May 2, one
day after a security certificate was issued indicating he is a security
risk. Zundel remains in solitary confinement at Toronto's Metro West
Detention Centre.
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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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