ZGram - 4/10/2003 - "Latest Zundel Transcripts now available"

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ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny:  Now more than ever!

April 10, 2003

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:


Today's ZGram is brief, bringing you two items:

1. - The transcripts of the two-day Immigration Detention Hearing, 
March 31 - April 1,  are now on-line at www.zundelsite.org  Each 
transcript is about 100 single-spaced pages long. 

2. - A glimpse into medieval prison conditions in Canada below, 
unworthy of a so-called "democratic" country:

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Canadian Association for Free Expression
Box 332,
Rexdale, Ontario, M9W 5L3
Ph: 905-897-7221; FAX: 905-277-3914
Paul Fromm, B.Ed, M.A. Director

April 8, 2003

Hon. Bob Runciman, MPP
Ministry of Public Safety and Security
18th Floor, 25 Grosvenor Street
Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1Y6                  BY FAX: : (416)  325-6067

Dear Mr. Runciman:

	I'm the legal representative for publisher Ernst Zundel, who 
is currently
being held under Section 58.1.c. of the Immigration and Refugee Protection
Act in the Niagara Detention Centre.

	I have serious concerns about the way Mr. Zundel is being 
treated. He's a
64-year old pacifist. He's on medication. He has been incarcerated briefly
during several previous encounters with the Canadian,. U.S. and German
legal systems. He has never been a flight risk.

	The authorities at the Niagara Detention Centre are keeping him in
segregation -- solitary lock-up. Because of his controversial views and
age, this may well be for his own good.

	However, my concerns focus on his being denied newspapers or 
other reading
material. Many prisons have libraries. Mr. Zundel is not being incarcerated
for any crime he's committed. He hasn't been convicted of anything in
Canada. Furthermore, he isn't even here by choice: he was deported from the
U.S.

	Basic decency and human dignity would seem to dictate giving 
him access to
reading material. He's trying to prepare for a series of complicated legal
hearings in Canada and the U.S. Yet, he's denied the use of a pen. He must
scribble with pencil stubs. This is disgraceful.

	I've tried to learn whether your department issues a statement of
prisoners'  rights.Repeated calls today failed to satisfy my equest for
such a document or statement.

	Seeking your help in this matter, I remain,

						Sincerely yours,


						Paul Fromm



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