ZGram - 6/13/2003 - "The New, Improved Amnesty International"

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

June 13, 2003

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

Your letters to Amnesty International have caused at least a partial 
reaction - and action.  The minions pimping for the Canadian 
Holocaust Lobby are beginning to paint themselves nicely into a 
corner. 

They are a non-profit organization, flying under false flags - and 
ever more Zundel watchers world-wide are  speculating that they are a 
Fifth Column Zionist front.  Amnesty International claims to stand up 
for the protection of Freedom of Speech - yet they recommend that a 
man be kept in prison in Canada allegedly for "Hate Speech", 
allegedly on an American website that did not belong to him, 
"convicted" by an administrative outfit misnamed a "Human Rights 
Tribunal" with no enforcement powers, a tribunal that declared Truth 
not to be a defense, and which disallowed  crucial witnesses for the 
defense, including Ingrid Rimland, owner of the website, from giving 
testimony that could have set the record straight? 

Get this, Amnesty International:  Ernst Zundel has NEVER been 
charged, much less convicted, for "Hate Speech" in Canada!  NEVER! 
And do you know why?  Would you like to know why?  Because such a 
charge would have been a criminal charge WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED 
TRUTH AS A DEFENSE!

Barbara Hall, Mayor of Toronto, who, among others, accused Ernst 
Zundel of "hate" in the Kangaroo Tribunal Trial  for an American 
website that was NOT his website, sat there with a beet-red face for 
fifteen minutes when Doug Christie, Zundel defense attorney, invited 
her to find the  "hate" on the Zundelsite that she claimed she had 
spotted.  She couldn't find it - but she was sure that it was there! 
Somewhere!

Give me a break!

Well, now the eyes of the world are on Canada.  All that, and more, 
is part of the Canadian record - to the disgrace of Canada that 
permits such obscenity to continue, and to the disgrace of Amnesty 
International that STILL talks out of both sides of their mouths!

Anyway, here is Amnesty International/Canada now in a somewhat 
modified version of their policy and stand on the illegal 
incarceration of Ernst Zundel:

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Thank you for your email. I am attaching Amnesty International's position
on the case of Ernst Zundel for your information below.

Sincerely,

Samantha Burdett
Information Services Coordinator
Amnesty International Canada


Amnesty International's position
with respect to the case of Ernst Zundel

Amnesty International has urged the Canadian government to allow Ernst
Zundel to make his refugee claim.

Amnesty International has suggested that the processing of Ernst
Zundel's refugee claim could be accelerated, but only if his rights to a
fair process are observed.

Amnesty International has repeatedly expressed concern that the security
certificate process in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, that
is presently being used against Ernst Zundel, is unfair and not in
keeping with international human rights standards.

Amnesty International has reminded the Canadian government that numerous
allegations of possible commission of hate crimes have been made against
Ernst Zundel, largely stemming from his position with respect to the
Holocaust, and that those allegations must be investigated, leading to
charges if borne out by the evidence.

Amnesty International urges Canada to ensure that any criminal or
immigration procedure invoked in Mr. Zundel's case be consistent with
international standards governing fair trials.

Amnesty International does not consider Ernst Zundel to be a prisoner of
conscience and is not calling for his release.

Amnesty International does not adopt persons who are imprisoned for "hate
speech" as prisoners of conscience. AI defines "hate speech" as the
advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes
incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. Hate speech is an
activity aimed at destroying the rights of others, and inciting racial
hatred, xenophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, or other forms of
intolerance. It may take a variety of forms, such as the use of
threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour or displaying or publishing or
distributing material where the perpetrator intends to incite racial or
similar hatred or acts with reckless disregard for the likelihood that such
hatred will be incited. AI's approach to hate speech reflects the balance
in international human rights law between freedom of expression and the
right to be free from discrimination in the enjoyment of rights.

German courts and the Canadian Human Rights Commission have previously
ruled that Mr. Zundel has been responsible for hate crimes because of the
material he has published or distributed claiming that the ! Holocaust did
not happen. Amnesty International does not, therefore, consider Ernst
Zundel to be a prisoner of conscience and is not calling for his release
from detention in Canada. The organization's position is that
investigations of hate crimes allegations should continue. If supported by
evidence, charges should promptly be laid against Ernst Zundel in Canada or
he should be extradited to another country where he would face justice,
consistent with international fair trial standards.

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