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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://old.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.