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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.

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