Re: Ernst Zundel deported from Canada to Germany - WTF? -
02-03-2005
just searched google a bit for this topic ...
looks like he's a german citizen who lived a long time in canada and who denies the holocaust, which is a crime in germany. I don't know the exact judicial terms why this is not possible to claim something like that despite the freedom of speech, it's associated with 'volksverhetzung' ( incitement of the people / sedition ), dispraise of the memory of the dead ( 'die Verunglimpfung des Andenkens Verstorbener' ) and insult . it's also a crime in austria and switzerland, dunno if any more countries. ( sorry for my translations, I usually don't have to translate such stuff )
and when he's accused of a crime, and is a german citizen, then it's the normal way for countries like canada who have certain treaties with other countries about working together on criminal acitivities to hand that man over to the country he originally came from and where he is accused of something. ( opposing invading a country, taking prisoners, refusing almost all rights for them and holding them hostage on some army base for years without having to deal with any sort of court, like a well known other state did. )
I havnt found out yet why the canadians rejected the canadian citizenship for him, and what could be meant by 'terrorist' ( a well abused term these days )
Last edited by @$3.1415rin; 02-03-2005 at 20:14..
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