New Zealand, September 20, 2004 Irving court
battle looms - lawyer By Sophie
Neville David
Irving comments: THERE it is again, Sophie: "Holocaust
denier David Irving will begin legal
action against the Government in
. . ." Can you find even one book by me about
the Holocaust, or even one article, or
broadcast...? Is your brain just filled
with cotton wool? Or do they pay you to
write this garbage? Oh, yes, of course, I
forgot: they do. Have you even glanced at
one of my books, e.g. "Hitler's
War" (Millennium Edition, 2002) or
"Göring":
they are all free downloads on the
Internet (http://www.fpp.co.uk/books),
and you will find all you need in them to
enable you to abandon that
security-blanket you still rely on, the
first words in every article you write
about me. Holocaust denier: The
Six Million Dollar Smear (that is how
much money they poured into the London
court from January to April 2000 to pay
their "expert
witnesses" in the action that I
brought against them). | HOLOCAUST denier David
Irving will begin legal action against the
Government in a month. The controversial British
historian has called Prime Minister Helen
Clark un-British and has vowed to launch the
"mother of all legal battles" after being barred
from boarding a flight to Auckland from Los Angeles
last week. Immigration lawyer Colin Amery said
yesterday that papers would be filed in the High
Court at Wellington within 28 days for a judicial
review of the decision to ban him from entering New
Zealand. It was "scandalous" that Mr Irving learnt
he was barred from the flight through media reports
last week, though the Government put the advanced
passenger processing system in place almost four
months ago, Mr Amery said. The use of the passenger-blocking system was
questionable: "It was introduced to deal with
terrorists. Mr Irving is simply a traveller with a
few books and unusual ideas to put across." Mr
Irving is not entitled to a visa automatically as a
British citizen because he was deported
from Canada in 1993 for an immigration offence.
However, Mr Amery said the assertion that Mr Irving
was deported was questionable and the issue would
be raised in court. The right to free speech was
also a major point, he said. Mr Irving has launched a legal fund on his
website, saying "online help this week has reached
$650, including donations from New Zealand". Mr
Amery said his client, with whom he went to school
in England in the 1950s, was "strong-willed" and "I
don't think he'll give up easily". David
Irving must collect $10,000 for the big new free
speech action against the New Zealand Govt.
[FAQ
on New Zealand]
Please use our secure
donations page.
Mr Irving personally writes to thank each
contributor.
-
Dossier:
attempts by New Zealand Jews to stop David
Irving's 2004 visit
-
FAQ:
Answers to frequently asked questions about Mr
Irving's visit
-
Sophie
Neville: Holocaust denier ready to fight
to enter country
-
Lawyer
campaigns on behalf of David Irving: Immigration
lawyer Colin Amery says he will try to get
controversial historian David Irving into New
Zealand
-
|