ZGram - 3/29/2004 - "Zundel Rally broadcast nationally"

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

March 29, 2004

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

As I was talking to Ernst yesterday afternoon, he said with some 
glee:  "Hear that noise? That's the Zundel demonstration outside!"

I want to thank all who came - and all who wrote in, expressing their 
support.  It looks like things are finally moving in our direction in 
Canada, although the Canadian Jewish Congress bullies, as always, are 
trying to muscle in with their hate mongering where they do not 
belong, still pushing for a deportation.   Don't miss the end of this 
Zgram where you can read how they keep needling.

Pictures of today's Free Zundel Protest are now online. 
http://www.zundelsite.org/zundel_persecuted/free_zundel_rally_march28-04_pic 
tures.html

These photos look nice and will be a wonderful addition for the 
coming attraction:  the Tennessee Zundel Museum.  We already know the 
spot where it will be - now all we need is victory!  (Only 
half-kiddingŠ)

One supporter wrote:

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"The demonstration in Toronto brought out between 70 and 80 people. 
The protest in Edmonton, Alberta brought out 30 to 40 people, and was 
covered by numerous media outlets.  Both protests went great.

"CBC Morning and 680 News talked about the protests in Toronto. 
CityTV/CP24 showed up and did a few interviews. 680 News actually did 
a very fair report, and gave out the time and location of the 
demonstration. A few passerby's [sp ?] did join in the protest,  and 
plenty of people were honking in support as they passed."

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Paul Fromm, who led the Toronto Rally, wrote in a similar vein:

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TORONTO & EDMONTON: ZUNDEL RALLIES A SMASHING SUCCESS

  TORONTO. March 28, 2004. They came from as far away as a seven hour 
drive from Western Pennsylvania and the Eastern Townships of Quebec 
to attend a rally of 65 persons outside the Metro West Detention 
Centre in suburban Toronto for Canada's most famous political 
prisoner, Ernst Zundel.

The free speech supporters arrived from Uxbridge, Richmond Hill, 
Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Keswick, Mississauga, Kitchener, and, of 
course, Toronto. A large contingent came in by van from London, 
Ontario.

Musician Blago Simeonov set the theme of the protest with a recording 
of his song "There is Some Hope" which inspired the protesters on a 
crisp, sunny March afternoon.

Signs read "Free Ernst Zundel" and "No secret hearings."

The protest was covered by CITY-TV and had been announced repeatedly 
on 680-Radio and CFRB.

Under the watchful eye of about a half dozen police off to one side, 
Paul Fromm, Director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression, 
told the free speech supporters that Mr. Zundel was now in his second 
year of solitary confinement "solely for the non-violent expression 
of his political views."

"The government says he's a threat to national security because he's 
a terrorist," Fromm said. "What's their case? Well, they can't tell 
you. It's a secret," he mocked. "Their public case is a joke -- a 
collection of empty guilt-by-associations."

"Canada's turned its back on 1,000 years of hard won rights," Mr. 
Fromm told the protesters. "Our heritage of Anglo-Saxon law 
established that a man has the right to know the charges against him 
and the right to confront his accusers and the evidence," he added.

"However, before every series of hearings, the Crown and the judge 
Mr. Justice Pierre Blais get together in Ottawa. They receive 
evidence, they hear accusations and they may hear witnesses. Who they 
are or what the evidence is, Mr. Zundel and his lawyers don't know. 
It's a secret -- national security, you understand," Mr. Fromm said.

"Mr. Zundel is a victim of the most corrupt regime in Canadian 
history -- former Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his gang of crooks 
and their powerful minority backers. We're sliding into a police 
state," Mr. Fromm warned.

"In the former Soviet Union, in Red China, in communist Cuba, people 
are thrown in jail solely for their political views. Now, that's 
happening in Canada," he said.

"The whole system is unfair," Mr. Fromm said. The judge is a former 
solicitor-general and boss of the Canadian Security and Intelligence 
Service (CSIS) which has prepared the case against Ernst Zundel. He 
can't be seen to be unbiased. Mr. Zundel's former lawyer, Doug 
Christie, asked him to recuse himself, but he refused."

"Pierre Blais was chosen by Ottawa deliberately to commit a judicial 
assassination on Ernst Zundel, much as the Israeli army did earlier 
this week on Sheik Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas," Mr. Fromm 
thundered.

As the protest was being broadcast over the Internet, longtime CAFE 
associate Wolfgang Mueller gave a short talk in German for our 
German-speaking listeners around the world.

Melissa Guille, leader of the Canadian Heritage Alliance, said: "The 
only crime being committed here is keeping Ernst Zundel in solitary 
confinement. He's a man who never committed a crime in Canada or the 
U.S. We're here to say that we will not tolerate a government that 
seeks to control our speech or our beliefs."

Across the country, 30 people rallied on an equally sunny Sunday 
afternoon outside the constituency office of Deputy Prime Minister 
Anne McLellan, who is the new super security minister, in charge of 
CSIS. Four television channels, including Global, CBC and the A 
Channel, Radio Q-107 covered the hour and a half rally.

Glenn Bahr, Alberta leader of Western Canada For Us, demanded freedom 
for Ernst Zundel in comments to a crowd that spanned the age range. A 
carload of supporters drove up from Calgary and a supporter came all 
the way from Vancouver.

At the Toronto rally, Paul Fromm said, CAFE had received messages of 
support from four continents and from freedom lovers across Canada 
and the U.S. Among those read at the protest were the following.

MESSAGES OF SUPPORT:

AUSTRALIA: As advocates of free speech and the preservation of civil 
liberties, the Australian Civil Liberties Union condemns the forced 
incarceration of Ernst Zundel for over a year and the demeaning 
circumstances of his arrest and detention. He should have the right, 
as a citizen, to free speech concerning the alleged events of World 
War II and to enquire if the conventional version of the Holocaust 
being promulgated is correct. If it is, he should be allowed to say 
so.  If it is not, then hard factual evidence should be permitted to 
show where he is wrong. The popularity of his viewpoint should not be 
the criteria for judgement: instead, any assessment should be based 
on the truth and falsity of his viewpoints. Orwell said "free speech 
means the right to say what other people do not want to hear." The 
Australian Civil Liberties Union calls for the release of Ernst 
Zundel and the preservation of the right to free speech, which is a 
central criteria of a free society. Geoff. Muirden, Research Officer, 
Australian Civil Liberties Union, PO Box 1137, Carlton, Vic., 3053, 
Australia. 

  CHILE: Free Ernst Zündel!. We cannot allow the New World Order to 
destroy our RIGHT to free speech. Best regards. Hans Frings

  FRANCE:  We, the French revisionists in Professor Faurisson's line, 
join our  Americano-Canadian friends in their protest and indignation 
at Ernst Zündel's arrest on February 5, 2003, in the shape of a 
kidnapping in the  United States but with the complicity of Canadian 
authorities, and at the  internment conditions he is subjected to. 
It is not worthy of a country with democratic pretensions to keep in 
solitary confinement a man who cannot be blamed for any crime or 
offence.  The Canadian justice represented by Judge Blais oversteps 
the generally  accepted bounds of human rights.  We insistently 
require the governmental and judicial authorities of Canada  to 
release Ernst Zündel to whom we bring all our support.  On behalf of 
the French revisionists: René and Yvonne Schleiter  

CANADA: Hello, Paul  I will not be able to get down to show my 
support for Ernst Zundel, but be assured that I SUPPORT HIM VERY 
MUCH, as you know. We Canadians owe Mr. Zundel a great debt of 
gratitude for his courageous fight for freedom of expression for all 
of us. Personally, I believe our government should ask Mr.Zundel if 
he would give us the honour of accepting Canadian citizenship. Then 
we should immediately give him the highest class of the Order of 
Canada, if he will accept it. I would not blame him if he declined to 
accept it, as it has been given to some very unworthy and even 
unsavoury individuals. I am pleased to be a friend and supporter of 
Ernst, and am honoured to think he may say that he is my friend as 
well.  Thank you, too, Paul, for your tireless efforts on behalf of 
freedom of speech for all.  Sincere good wishes.  Grenville Rogers 
Lively, ON P3Y 1N3  grogers at vianet.ca 

USA:  Please let Mr. Zundel know that many people not only admire him 
for his strength, but love him for the courage of the last thirty 
years of  dedicated work in his attempts to right so many wrongs in 
history. In memory of  all those lost in wars, the mindless and lost 
souls of today, and for  tomorrow's children, we thank him. He towers 
in mind, body and spirit over the  tallest of his enemies -- God 
Bless all of you and keep you in his care. Love,  Linda Mihovich  

CANADA:  I join with the protesters in demanding: Free Ernst Zundel 
now.  Wolfgang Schoebe, Windsor, ON  

USA:  Whenever I receive news concerning Ernst's state of mind, I 
learn that he is encouraged and positive. He is a man of destiny, 
believing that his purpose is to contend for the truth of his people, 
our people. His encouragement encourages me. And such a courageous 
man should be championed and rescued from the den of thieves wherein 
he is wrongfully imprisoned. You who attend these rallies on the our 
behalf are champions. Thank you for contending for truth for us for 
Ernst Zundel. Diane King, Cushing, Texas 

[Country omitted]  Free Ernst Zundel!  Nothing like violating 
someone's human rights! Hopefully you will use comon sense and free 
him. J.Rizzo 

USA:  Dear Paul: You asked me to send a short message to the rally 
for Ernst Zundel. Greetings form Marshfield, WI.  You are not only 
fighting that justice gets done for one man, Ernst Zundel. You are 
fighting for justice, the underpinning of every civilization. A 
Government willing to give you everything you need will soon need 
everything you have! Wish I could be with you. Christine B. Miller -- 
Marshfield, WI.

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Finally, here are the very ones, spokesmen for the CJC, who lobbied 
for the abominable security certificate as the means to get an 
allegedly representative government to agree to Ernst Zundel's 
judicial lynching,  nosing their way into that very government:

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In the Senate, March 10, 2004

QUESTION PERIOD 

Citizenship and Immigration

Refugee Claim by Mr. Ernst Zundel-National Security Certificate

  Hon. David Tkachuk: (e-mail) Honourable senators, it has now been 
over a year  since Holocaust denier and hate-monger Ernst Zundel was 
deported to Canada  from the United States. When Mr. Zundel was 
initially returned here last  February, Denis Coderre, the former 
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, led  Canadians to believe 
that he would be quickly removed. More than a year later, we  have a 
new immigration minister, yet Mr. Zundel is still here, making a bit 
of  a mockery of our refugee system at considerable expense to the 
taxpayer.

  How much longer does the Leader of the Government in the Senate 
believe that  Mr. Zundel will be here? What exactly has been the 
expense of his stay so far  to taxpayers?

  Hon. Jack Austin (Leader of the Government): [ jaustin at pco-bcp.gc.ca 
]  Honourable senators, I do not have an answer for either of Senator 
Tkachuk's  questions.

Senator Tkachuk: I am not sure what that response means. Usually, the 
Leader  of the Government offers to obtain the answer to the 
question, which I hope he  will do.

I will ask a supplementary question.

Senator Di Nino: He will probably say no to that one, too.

Senator Tkachuk: Three months after Mr. Zundel was returned to 
Canada, the  federal government issued a national security 
certificate against him, which was  intended to speed up the removal 
process. Shortly after the Martin government  took over last 
December, the discretionary power to remove an individual  under such 
a certificate shifted from the Minister of Citizenship and 
Immigration  and the Solicitor General to the new Minister of Public 
Safety and Emergency  Preparedness, Anne McLellan.

  Could the Leader of the Government in the Senate tell us the 
rationale behind  changing who has the power to issue national 
security certificates? Will the  move to place national security 
certificates solely under the Minister of  Public Safety and 
Emergency Preparedness have any bearing on this particular case?

  Senator Austin: Honourable senators, I certainly will look into the 
matter  and hope to provide an answer. If I did not say that in 
answer to the previous  question of Senator Tkachuk, I will make it 
explicit now.

  With respect to the supplementary question, let me point out that 
the public  safety minister is also the Solicitor General for Canada. 
Therefore, no  authority has been moved. The office of the Solicitor 
General is now within the  public safety responsibility of Minister 
McLellan.

  Senator Tkachuk: I may have gotten this wrong, but the minister 
thinks that  there is no such thing any more as the Solicitor 
General, simply the Minister  of Public Safety. Under what act has 
this all been changed?

  Senator Austin: My information is that it has been done under the 
administration act.

(Source sent to me below - I don't have time to check it out since my 
computer is crawling)

http://www.cjc.ca/docs/PARL/156_sen_Mar10.doc?CJC=4f43954f3251927d0957db97219565e2 
)

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To all my Zundelsite and Zgram readers:

It looks like another fax campaign is in order to Anne McLellan - but 
hold off a bit.  In order to make a Zundel Fax Blitzkrieg  effective, 
as apparently the last one was, we have to coordinate it - to get 
important voices from many different countries.  I anticipate that I 
will ask you around April 13, the date of the next hearing, when a 
few surprises might be in store.  But please stay in touch, stay 
informed, and tell the world that you stand behind "the world's 
premier thought criminal," as Counterpunch as dubbed Ernst Zundel. 

Finally, I thank all of you who donated in return for a Prisoner of 
Conscience sketch.  I have sent another 35 of them to be 
computer-enhanced, and they will be on-line soon as well.

Ingrid Zundel

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Reminder: 

Help free Ernst Zundel, Prisoner of Conscience.  His prison sketches 
- now on-line and highly popular - help pay for his defense.  Take a 
look - and tell a friend.

http://www.zundelsite.org/gallery/donations/index.html