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July 10, 2003
ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny: Now more than ever!
In response to queries sent to me: I WILL NEITHER CONFIRM
NOR DENY that Zundel supporters are planning a dramatic demonstration in
front of the Washington, DC Holocaust Museum!
It strongly appears, however, that the real (German?
Canadian?) instigators behind the "legal" kidnapping of Ernst
Zundel in broad daylight on American soil was accomplished by shamelessly
using American law enforcement, probably unwittingly, to act as hit squad
for nefarious political interests - who, chances are, enjoy tax benefits and
public protection as allegedly non-profit, non-political organizations!
Such a brutal kidnapping leading to months of maximum
detention incarceration in Gulag-like conditions should never have happened!
It is unworthy of countries purporting to be democracies and living by the
rule of law, and it will be exposed to the American public for the
disgraceful, illegal act that it was!
And to think that it all could have been avoided, had
Ernst's detractors left him alone to enjoy the rest of his life in the peace
and quiet of the hills of Tennessee! But no - their own Talmudic hate never
knows when to leave well enough alone! Now they will have a major
international scandal on their hands before long!
Below I am running a summary of a recent assessment by
Ernst's legal representative on location in Canada, Paul Fromm, Director of
the Canadian Association for Free Expression:
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Dear Free Speech Supporter:
Political prisoner Ernst Zundel is now in his sixth month
in a Canadian jail. He's committed no crime, but Canada's vindictive
Canadian Security and Intelligence Service, which knowingly permitted
terrorists to send him a pipebomb in 1995, insist he's a terrorist and
threat to national security. I'm summarizing some of our conversations
from my last three visits to Mr. Zundel as his legal representative.
What's prison like for this 64-year old pacifist, artist
and publisher?
Ernst Zundel is being held in "segregation" --
solitary confinement -- or maximum security for his own protection in the
Metro West Detention Centre.
His toiletries -- soap, toothbrush, towel -- are kept in
the hall outside his cell. He must humiliate himself and ask a guard each
time he wishes these necessities. Mr. Zundel has no pillow and no chair in
his cell. He smiles and tells me that he uses one of the heavy volumes of
legal papers as a makeshift pillow. He has also piled the three-inch thick
volumes in a stack to make a chair of sorts. Ernst only writing materials
are stubs of pencils. I've repeatedly asked the security officers to let
him have the use of a pen, colour highlighters and post-it notes to mark
up the legal papers. He has also asked that he be permitted water colours
and artists brushes for painting.
On July 2, I was informed by Security chief Mike Richard
that these items had been ruled "contraband" by his superiors.
Incredible! Strangely, in a reply just nine weeks (that's right, 9!) after
my letter on Ernst's behalf Gary Commeford, Assistant Deputy Minister
Adult Institutional Services, told me: "Activities that are permitted
[to prisoners] include ... access to correspondence ... and the
opportunity to buy items including correspondence materials from the
institutional canteen." Why, then, is Mr. Zundel reduced to writing
with stubs of pencils?
In a July 1 letter, Mr. Zundel explained: "The
coloured pencils are cheap, very cheap as far as coloured pencils go.
They're Chinese-made things, really meant for kids. They get dull very
quickly and often break in the pencil sharpener, three times before I can
get a point on them."
Mr. Zundel is an artist. He does miniature drawings that
are thank you notes to donors. These are nature studies -- usually
flowers. He explains the sparseness of colour in his drawings. "I
have to ration the use of my colours, as I don't know when I'll get the
pencils sharpened again." While the security men are helpful in
sharpening his pencils, he finds they run out very quickly.
What is the purpose of such callous, mean-spirited and
inhumane treatment? Mr. Zundel is not some violent, young crackhead. A
guard in another prison told us: "They're trying to break him"
But Ernst Zundel is an amazingly strong man, dedicated to
a long struggle and, if needs be, a long time in the Canadian Gulag.
"My inspiration is Rudolf Hess, the Prisoner of Peace," he told
me in a hushed, quiet voice, his grey eyes gleaming. "I am this
decade's Rudolf Hess."
Mr. Zundel is quite hopeful that his kidnapping and
deportation from the U.S. can be reversed. His U.S. legal team has filed
an appeal against his deportation in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in
Cincinnati. Shortly after his arrest in the U.S., a writ of habeas corpus
was filed. This was ignored. However, FRAP 23 -- the federal appeals court
rules set down by the U.S. Supreme Court -- forbids the removal of a
prisoner from a prison, once a habeas corpus motion has been filed. Not
only was Mr. Zundel moved to another prison, he was deported from the
country.
In late June, a 45-page brief was filed on his behalf.
Those who violated the Supreme Court rules and moved him from prison to
prison and then deported him could face prison, fines or discharge, Mr.
Zundel believes. The Appeals Court gave the U.S. government just 8 days to
respond; they'd asked for 30. "The remedy I seek is an order that I
be returned to prison in the U.S." He could then apply for bail and
appeal his deportation from within the U.S.
Paul Fromm Director
CANADIAN
ASSOCIATION FOR FREE EXRESSION
Friends of free thought, Ernst Zundel really needs your
help.
1. If you live abroad, write to the Canadian Embassy in your
country and demand Zundel's release and humane treatment.
2. If you live in southern Ontario and wish to visit, call
ahead to Security: 416-675-1806 Ext. 4220. You must be on Zundel's approved
list. He didn't know he was supposed to submit a list of visitors he'd like
to see. You can also get directions, when you call. The SARS quarantine
which lasted from May 27 to July 6, has now been lifted.
3. No matter where you live, why not send a card or letter
to encourage Ernst Zundel. Write Prisoner Ernst Zundel, c/o Metro West
Detention Centre, Box 4950, 111 Disco Road, Rexdale, ON., M9W 1M3. [Don't
stick a return address sticker or other stickers on your envelope. They are
removed by prison authorities. You might be hiding drugs under the sticker!
No kidding! Write your return address on the envelope.]
4. We also need your financial support for Mr. Zundel's
defence.
We have a number of delicate colour-pencil sketches by Ernst
Zundel done in prison. Each is dated and signed. Each is a nature study. Mr.
Zundel has long been a paint and sketch artist. He had returned to his love
of art before the U.S. I.N.S picked him up and deported him. . If you send
us a cheque for $100 or more, we'll send you one of these collector's items,
a thank you sketch by political prisoner Ernst Zundel.
Mail your donation today to CAFE Box 332, Rexdale, ON., M9W
5L3, Canada or e-mail us your VISA number and expiry date. On your cheque or
an accompanying piece of paper, note: "For Zundel Defence Fund."
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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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