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Canadian group complains of hate speech (Zundelsite)

December 17, 2004

 

Sender Information:
Community Relations Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress
Sent by: [Private]
[Private]
North York, Ontario, M2R 3V2, Canada

Recipient Information:
[Private]
Google, Inc.
Mountain View, CA, 9, USA

Sent via: Postal Mail
Re: complaint number #10060867

Dear Sir or Madam:

Enclosed please find a copy of Exhibit HR-2, submitted by the complainants in the matter of the human rights complaint filed against Ernst Zundel and his web-site (www.zundelsite.org) and heard by the Tribunal of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

Exhibit HR-2 is provided to Google as part of an ongoing email exchange (a portion of which is attached for your reference) between Google and Canadian Jewish Congress Ontario Region. The exhibit provides a listing of 33 documents which were found by the Tribunal to be in contravention of section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act.

In previous correspondence with Google (November 17, 2004) we have provided a copy of the Reasons for Decision issued by the Tribunal of the Canadian Human Rights Commission in the matter of Ernst Zundel and the web-site knows as ?Zundelsite"(www.zundelsite.org). For your convenience we provide the text of the Order of the Tribunal:


We therefore order that the Respondent, Ernst Zandel, and any other individuals who act in the name of, or in concert with Ernst Zundel cease the discriminatory practice of communicating telephonically or causing to be communicated telephonically by means of the facilities of a telecommunications undertaking within the legislative authority of Parliament, matters of the type contained in Exhibit HR-2 and found on the Zundelsite, or any other messages of a substantially similar form or content that are likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt by reason of the fact that that person or persons are identifiable on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination, contrary to s.13(1) of the Canadian Human Right Act.

For greater clarity, s.13(l) of the Canadian Human Rights Act reads as follows:

Hate messages - It is a discriminatory practice for a person or a group of persons acting in concert to communicate telephonically or to cause to be so communicated, repeatedly, in whole or in part by means of the facilities of a telecommunications undertaking within the legislative authority of Parliament, any matter that is likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt by reason of the fact that that person or those persons are identifiable on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination.

As of this date, "zundelsite" has not complied with the order of the tribunal. Sixteen of the thirty-three articles listed in Exhibit HR-2 remain on the site (see attachment which provides URL information as of December 16, 2004).

Given Google's policy of adherence to the laws of the countries in which it operates, Canadian Jewish Congress Ontario Region requests the delisting of those "zundelsite" materials listed in Exhibit HR-2" from the service provided by Google Inc.

Please contact the undersigned if you require any additional information in this matter.

Yours truly,

[Private]
National Director of Community Relations Pro Tem
Canadian Jewish Congress

c.c. [Private], National Executive Director Pro Tem, Canadian Jewish Congress



# Article Title Current location or disposition
1. Did Six Million Really Die http://www.zandelsite.2!yZenglish/harwood/Didsix0l.html
2. "66 Questions and Answers on the Holocaust" No longer on site
3. Jewish Soap No longer on site
4. Zundelsite Tale of Contents No longer on site
5. Mission Statement No longer on site
6. Urgent Appeal for your cooperation? http ://www.zundelsite.org/english/advanced_articles/law.002.html
7. "An Open Letter from the 'Zundelsite??? http://www.zundelsite.org/english/zgrams/zgl996/zg9612/961209.html
8. One Week in Cyberspace?? http://www.zundelsite.org/english/debate/week.html
9. "Zundelsite - Nizkor Exchange" http://www.zundelsite.org/english/debate/nizkor2.html
10. "The Big Lie" No longer on site
11. Epilogue: One-way correspondence?" No longer on site
12. Power Letter - July 1995 No longer on site
13. Power Letter - August 1995 No longer on site
14. Power Letter - November 1995 No longer on site
15. Power Letter - January 1996 No longer on site
16. Power Letter - February 1996 No longer on site
17. Power Letter - March 1996 No longer on site
18. Power Letter - July 1996 No longer on site
19. Power Letter - September 1996 No longer on site
20. Power Letter - October 1996 No longer on site
21. Power Letter - January 1997 No longer on site
22. Power Letter - March 1997 No longer on site
23. ZGRAM -July 27,1996 http://www.zundelsite.org/english/zgrams/zg1996/zg9607/960727.html
24. ZGRAM - August 14, 1996 http://www.zundelsite.org/english/zgrams/zg1996/zg9608/960814.html
25. ZGRAM - August 30,1996 http://www.zundelsite.org/english/zgrams/zg1996/zg9608/960830.html
26. ZGRAM - November 24,1996 http://www.zundelsite.org/english/zgrams/zg1996/zg9611/961124.html
27. ZGRAM -April 26,1997 http://www.zundelsite.org/english/zgrams/zg1997/zg9704/970426.html
28. ZGRAM - July 10, 1997 http://www.zundelsite.org/english/zgrams/zg1997/zg9707/970710.html
29. ZGRAM -August 10, 1997 http://www.zundelsite.org/english/zgrams/zg1997/zg9708/970810.html
30. "Inside the Auschwitz Gas Chambers" http://www.zundelsite.org/english/basic_articles/inside.html
31. "Different Views on the Holocaust" http://www.zundelsite.org/english/basic_articles/diff_views.html
32. 'The Liberation of the Camps: Facts vs. Lies" http://www.zundelsite.org/english/advanced_articles/incorrect.008.html
33. "Auschwitz: Myths and Facts http://www.zundelsite.org/english/basic_articles/myth.html

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