THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER LOSES A KEY CASE IN ARGENTINA

[zgrams at zgrams.zundelsite.org]

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A leader of an Argentinian opposition party, Adrian Salbuchi, sent 
this to me a few days ago with the words:  "I thought Ernst [Zundel] 
might like this." 

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  THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER LOSES A KEY CASE IN ARGENTINA

      A good friend of mine, Héctor Buela, living in San Luis, 
Argentina, runs a video shop selling historical tapes, many of which 
are from the thirties and forties and render a revisionist view on 
many aspects of modern history. A few years ago, this attracted the 
ires and "fire and brimstone" from the local Simon Wiesenthal Center 
who conspired with a local television program to frame Mr. Buela and 
his wife, and had them arrested and indicted.

      The local judge, however, felt very differently about the matter 
and has now had the case thrown out. This could very well serve as a 
precedent for other cases where "crimes of opinion" are punished.

      If you could relay this to friends and colleagues, that would no 
doubt serve a good cause.

      Kind regards to all,     Adrian Salbuchi
      (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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      The following press release contains up-dated news which I wish 
to share with comrades and friends all over, prior to the mass media 
receiving it. The importance of this Argentine court verdict will 
become clear to you, and you may very well imagine the future actions 
that we will be taking and pursuing on this matter.

      I understand that this is the first time ever and anywhere, that 
the SWC (Simon Wiesenthal Center) has lost a court case and must 
therefore pay an indemnity and undergo further legal proceedings. As 
far as we know, there is no precedent of this in any place.

      I hope that all those who are being persucuted - and at times 
convicted - the world over for their "opinion crimes", shall not only 
be comforted by this verdict, but that it will serve as a legal 
weapon for their own battles against those who wish to obliterate 
personal liberties and freedom of opinion.

      We wish to reach as many people as possible with this press 
release. It is therefore very important that you kindly help us by 
retransmitting this message extensively, and also have it translated 
this into as many languages as possible so that people the world over 
will know about this. This is particularly important in the Arab and 
Muslim countries. Your assistance would be very much appreciated, as 
there is only so much that we can do in this respect.

Thank you very much.

      PRESS RELEASE

      In a faultless verdict supported by a 21 page writ served by the 
Federal Court of San Luis Province in the Republic of Argentina, our 
country's Federal Justice dictated the definitive stay of proceedings 
against Mr. Hector Buela and his wife Mrs. Erika Dago, who had been 
both falsely indicted by the SWC - Simon Wiesenthal Center - in 
Argentina, accused of conspiring to act against the Jewish Community, 
within the terms of Argentine Law No. 23.592 which condemns 
discrimination on account of race, religion, natrionality or gender.

      In spite of the SWC's success in so many parts of the world, in 
this instance their local representation failed to achieve their 
goal, in spite of having carefully and thoroughly prepared their 
false indictment proceedings. It did not serve their purpose to exert 
undue pressure and aggression as they did at the beginning of this 
case when they had the local police arrest Mrs. Erika Dago in her 
kitchen whilst she was cooking lunch for her young children who had 
just arrived from school on a very cold day.

      They had her arrested and her underaged sons were left under the 
care of virtual strangers, part of their personal belongings were 
stolen and Mrs. Dago was taken by force to Buenos Aires City, the 
federal capital of Argentina, where she was indicted based on false 
testimony and slanders assembled with the specific intent of 
intimidating her, her husband and her family, as the acting Judge 
clearly states in his verdict throwing this case out:

      "..I must render priority to the fact that the criminal 
character of the accusation brought against the accused can in no 
case be proven, so that the actions and punishment thus elicited are 
totally untenable and uncalled for."

      And in order to set a precedent regarding any future legal 
actions of this sort:

      "Our public institutions shall not be shaken on account of a 
Judge expressing clear doubts regarding the bases for a lawsuit, so 
that he consequently issue a mere statement of probability regarding 
it. Citizens should, however, have grave cause for concern were a 
Judge to consider any such probability to constitute a certainty, as 
that would purport the collapse of the vital institutions of our 
Republican system." (Federal Criminal Court of Buenos Aires, 
Courthouse V, C7, 11.341).

      Once again, Attorney Miguel Kayat's brilliant defense resulted 
in concrete results, far removed from the uncertain verdicts which 
local courts often serve in this country, thus thwarting genuine 
Justice. We have in this case a modest couple incriminated of running 
an "organization" devoted to carrying out business activities 
conforming acts of discrimination with the intent of inciting hate 
and discrimination against the powerful interests of the Jewish 
community. However, in this instance the SWC could not achieve their 
goal of silencing and generating fear among those who oppose their 
tactics, pressure and harrassment.

      As victims of their unjust rage and vengefulness, this Argentine 
couple suffered house searches, imprisonment in common jails, had 
their business and livelihood seriously hampered (and, for a while, 
destroyed), their community and public image discredited, the 
well-being of their underage children placed in grave jeopardy as 
they had to leave them in the hands of strangers during the time 
their mother, Mrs. Dago, was unjustly arrested, and had to suffer 
personal psychological abuse and harrassment.

      Mr. and Mrs. Buela are now clearly in a position to sue the 
Simon Wiesenthal Center and all those who assisted them in bringing 
about their false actions, such as the television program "TELENOCHE 
INVESTIGA" produced and aired by Television Channel 13 in Buenos 
Aires, which will now be sued under a Civil Court of Law to pay due 
and legitimate compensation, and be convicted under Criminal Law for 
the crimes committed through their judicial and other acts, based on 
actions made and leveraged by an international organization - The 
Simon Wiesenthal Center - whose prime goal and obvious purpose is to 
persecute and harrass individuals and organizations not accepting nor 
submissively abiding by their ideas and thinking, which they insist 
be accepted as dogma and revealed truth.

      In these troubling times in which powerful interests 
unhesitantly unleash murder and genocide upon selected targets the 
world over, whether through personal attack or "preventive wars", in 
spite of the overwhelming condemnation of world public opinion, we 
see world militarist genocide unleashed against defenseless people by 
the world's sole superpower (the United States) and one nation in the 
Middle East (the State of Israel), which have a virtual monopoly of 
military force over the entire planet. We thus feel that this case 
can and should be used as a legal precedent to initiate other such 
legal proceedings all over the world to revert and neutralize the 
discrimination, persecution and harrassment by the Simon Wiesenthal 
Center. This should also encompass those interests promoting, 
financing and assisting the SWC from different sources  in their 
endeavours to use various countries' legal systems and courts to 
silence and punish those who do not agree with their ideas, goals and 
objectives. 
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