New York, Thursday, June 24, 2004 Denier loses
ruling in Canada A
CANADIAN court blocked an attempt by a Holocaust
denier to force Jewish officials to testify at his
hearing. Ernst Zündel had attempted to show
that officials of the Canadian
Jewish Congress and B'nai
Brith Canada had unduly influenced senior
government ministers. The court acknowledged this
week that both organizations met with ministers and
issued news releases on Zündel, but added that
lobbying ministers is a "legitimate exercise in an
open and democratic society." Zündel, who has been
in prison for more than a year, is fighting
to quash an order that declares him a danger to
Canadian society. The government issued the order as a first step
toward deporting Zündel to Germany, where he
faces legal charges. © Jewish
Telegraphic Agency. -
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