"Holocaust denier" wins first round
Germany is trying to prosecute an Australian citizen for things he said in Australia:
"CONTROVERSIAL Australian historian Frederick Toben has won the first round of his fight against extradition to Germany from Britain. A London judge ruled overnight that the European arrest warrant used to detain Dr Toben in Britain for extradition earlier this month was invalid because it did not provide enough detail.
However, the case appears far from over, with lawyers representing German prosecutors, who want to try Dr Toben for his alleged anti-Semitic views, preparing to appeal to Britain's High Court.
Dr Toben's solicitor Kevin Lowry-Mullins described today's ruling as a victory and said the academic, who has been granted bail, looked forward to the High Court hearing his case.
Dr Toben was arrested while in transit at London's Heathrow airport on October 1 under a warrant issued by Germany, which accuses him of racism and publishing anti-Semitic views.
Unlike in Britain, Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany and offenders can face up to five years in jail.... The High Court is expected to hear Dr Toben's case early next year.
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5 comments:
Remember what you're seeing here. This is the begining of The New World Order, an idea that will have the entire planet as one nation, with one set of laws, one currency, controlled by some "panel" of international rulers such as the infamous UN. America's sovereignty, the very little that's actually left, will be a thing of the past.
It is hard to imagine that these people are considered "Open Minded" and "intellectual", trying people for their beleifs? Come on, that is as barbaric as mulims beleifs. It is like trying someone for saying the world is round or burning someone at the stake for witchcraft. The guy may be as wrong as can be but he still has his opinion, and still has the right to state his opinion. What are these dictators in the EU really affraid of?
It is German guilt twisting round on itself to be just as oppressive as the previous regime in its prosecution of mere opinion.
I dunno what Anon. 1 is on but the important thing to note is that the win here wasn't for free speech, it was for legal process in extradition proceedings.
There was no finding in connection with the actual charges, just that the extradition paperwork was too vague.
I fervently deny the existence of GOD.
Can the Vatican have me extradited from my country to stand trial there under cannon law?
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