- Zgram to my Internet readers as well
as mainstream and alternative media:
-
- I didn't neglect my readership - as per
usual, we have had to
- struggle with Internet sabotage, and
I still cannot reach my
- translator as well as one of our attorneys
through regular channels.
- (Being creative folks, we manage to communicate
via back doors, of
- course )
-
- Several important developments have occurred
in the Ernst Zundel Saga
- - and much more is yet to come.
-
- Very briefly: The trial in Mannheim
has been postponed again - this
- time indefinitely. So far, in 6 or 7
hearing days, all the time was
- taken up with questions about protocol
and about whether or not
- Ernst's attorneys might not be as politically
correct as is expected
- - only the charges were being read.
-
- There will not be another trial date
for 3 or 4 weeks. We will keep
- you posted.
-
- Meanwhile, there are some stunning developments
that I can't talk
- about as yet, but I can tell you this
much: We are now treating
- Ernst's arrest and deportation as a bona
fide extrajudicial rendition
- - in other words, a political kidnapping,
as it should have been
- dealt with all along. We are justified
in doing this because we are
- in the possession of some 150 lbs (!)
of Freedom of Information Act
- documents, many on official letterhead,
that show clearly that three
- (possibly four) so-called "democratic"
states were involved at the
- highest level in criminalizing and then
railroading one man into
- incarceration whose only "weapon"
was his old-fashioned fountain pen.
-
- Here are two letter that will be of interest
to Zundel-Watchers:
-
- From: Christopher Bollyn, American Free
Press, Washington, D.C.
- To: Martina Nibbeling, Press Attache,
Embassy of Germany
- Re: Arrest and Deportation of Ernst
Zundel, German Citizen
- Date: March 15, 2006
-
- Martina Nibbeling-Wriessnig
- Press Attache
- Embassy of Germany in Washington, D.C.
-
- Dear Martina,
-
- This is to confirm my email contact address
after speaking with you
- this morning on the phone.
-
- Regarding the arrest of Ernst Zundel
at his home in Tennessee by
- agents of the local police and agents
of the INS, I have a couple
- questions that I would like to pose to
you as press representative of
- the German Embassy in Washington:
-
- Ernst Zundel is a German citizen whose
human and legal rights appear
- to have been grossly abused by U.S. and
Canadian authorities. I have
- seen documents that indicate that the
German authorities were asking
- about the legal basis of Zundel's arrest
when it occurred on February
- 5, 2003.
-
- Zundel was deported to Canada where he
spent two years in solitary
- confinement as a national security threat
to Canada. He was kept in
- a cold cell without shoes or socks in
which the light was never
- turned off. He was not given a warm
meal for two years. This sounds
- to me like a gross violation of his human
rights.
-
- Furthermore, Mr. Zundel and his wife
Ingrid Rimland were not shown
- any document authorizing his arrest at
the time of the arrest. The
- arresting officers did not present a
court order or warrant for his
- arrest. Is this not a violation of Mr.
Zundel's rights in the view
- of the German Embassy?
-
- What actions did the German Embassy take
to protect the human and
- legal rights of Mr. Zundel, a German
citizen?
-
- Why was Mr. Zundel not given a German
passport? Documentation from
- the BKA Mecklenheim from February 2003
clearly indicate that the
- German authorities were conspiring on
how they could deny issuing a
- new passport for Mr. Zundel.
-
- Why would German authorities conspire
against a German citizen who
- needed to have a new passport?
-
- I look forward to hearing from you soon
on these matters. I am
- working on an investigation of how Mr.
Zundel was arrested and
- deported from the United States.
-
- Having seen some of the documents concerning
this matter, I am of the
- opinion that his arrest was illegal,
coordinated with German
- authorities, and appears to have been
a extra-judicial rendition.
-
- Best wishes,
-
- Christopher Bollyn
- American Free Press
- Washington, D.C.
-
- =====
-
- From: Christopher Bollyn, American Free
Press, Washington, D.C.
-
- To: John Tackaberry and Elizabeth Berton-Hunter,
Amnesty
- International (Canada)
-
- Re: Extra-judicial Rendition of
Ernst Zuendel (Zündel)
-
- John Tackaberry, Media Relations
- Amnesty International, Canada
- Ottawa, Ontario
-
- Elizabeth Berton-Hunter, Media Relations
- Amnesty International, Toronto
- Toronto, ON
-
- Dear Amnesty International of Canada,
-
- I am a journalist with American Free
Press of Washington, D.C. My questions pertain to Ernst Zuendel, a landed
immigrant in Canada of 40 years, and pertain to how he was treated in Canada
by Canadian authorities prior to and during two years of solitary confinement
in a Toronto lock-up.
-
- First, I am interested in any papers
written or actions taken by Amnesty International on behalf of, or concerning
the arrest and deportation of, Ernst Zuendel from the United States in
February 2003.
-
- Having attended Zuendel's trial in Mannheim,
Germany, I am aware of the grossly unfair jurisprudence he faces in that
country. What concerns me now is how he was treated by U.S. and Canadian
authorities prior to being deported to Germany.
-
- After meeting with his wife Ingrid Rimland
in Tennessee, I am convinced that his arrest on February 5, 2003 was illegal.
No arrest warrants or court papers were presented and they were prevented
from contacting their lawyer at the time. Everything that I have seen
and heard about the deportation of Mr. Zuendel indicates that this action
was an extra-judicial rendition.
-
- Furthermore, when Zuendel was brought
to Toronto he was held in solitary confinement in conditions that can only
be described as torturous. He was kept in a cell in which the light was
never turned off and in which the temperature was kept very low. During
this two-year period he was not allowed to wear shoes or socks and was
not given warm food. Nor was he provided with a chair or a table.
-
- These conditions of his incarceration
in Canada sound extreme to say the least and sound very much like those
found in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo, Cuba.
-
- Mr. Zuendel was held in Canada as a "national
security" threat. Did Amnesty International (Canada) do anything
for Mr. Zuendel during the two years that he was held without being charged
of any criminal offense? If not, why not?
-
- I look forward to your response on this
matter.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Christopher Bollyn
- American Free Press
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