ZGram - 5/19/2003 - "The Ernst Zundel Case: Amnesty
International Contacts"
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ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny: Now more than ever!
May 19, 2003
Good Morning from the Zundelsite:
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...)
[START]
Further information
<http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/navigate/region.htm#Europe>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.
[END]
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 Internation Branches to contact:
CANADA (ENGLISH)
Web site
<http://www.amnesty.ca/>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/>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/>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/>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/>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/>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/>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/>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
<mailto:admin-us at aiusa.org>admin-us at 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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