THE TRIAL - DAY TWO: 28 November 2007

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- a non event on account of the Consent Orders

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Media Report The Australian

Holocaust denier defends views despite courtroom apology

Pia Akerman | The Australian, November 28, 2007

HOLOCAUST denier Fredrick Töben yesterday apologised to a judge for publishing banned material, while fiercely defending his beliefs outside the court.

Backing down from plans to contest allegations that his Adelaide Institute website had published offensive material, Dr Töben apologised to the Federal Court for breaching a previous court order.

In 2002, judge Catherine Branson ruled Dr Töben had breached the Racial Discrimination Act, and banned him from publishing material implying the Holocaust did not happen and doubting the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz.

She also restrained him from publishing articles implying Jews who were offended or challenged by Holocaust denial were of limited intelligence, and that some Jewish people had - for financial gain - exaggerated the number of Jews killed in World War II and the circumstances.

Jeremy Jones, former president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, had asked the Federal Court to jail Dr Töben for breaching Justice Branson's orders after the material reappeared on the website.

The case was due to be heard in Adelaide yesterday, but lawyers for each side told judge Michael Moore they had agreed to end the matter, with Dr Töben apologising and undertaking to remove the offensive material and not republish it.

Paul Charman, appearing for Dr Töben pro bono, said his client "did not want to cause any undue distress" and accepted there was material that "clearly breached" the court order.

Dr Töben told the court he apologised "unreservedly" and would remove all the material by the end of next week.

Outside the court, Dr Töben denied the apology was a backdown and said he would continue to run his controversial website.

"I have a very firm belief on Holocaust matters and I should be able to express it," he said.

"Anyone who disagrees should then, in fact, engage me in a debate ... the other side who holds on to the Holocaust does not debate.

"There are so many contentious issues on this so-called Holocaust that it still needs to be looked at and investigated."

Dr Töben said it was a "very sad" day for Germans who found it "extremely hurtful when an allegation is made against them - that they did all these things called the Holocaust to the Jews - without having the freedom to research the topic."

Mr Jones said he hoped Dr Töben would comply and that no more legal proceedings would be necessary.

"All we sought was for a person who was causing upset and offence to other people within the Australian community in principle to stop doing it," hesaid.

"There's a huge difference between scholarship and behaviour that is outlawed under Australian law."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22834035-5006787,00.html

Töben gives Holocaust denial apology

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Australie: Il n'y aura pas de procès Töben

Bocage <bocage@club-internet.fr> a écrit :

http://www.adelaideinstitute.org/LEGAL2006/Trial_27November2007.htm

Le procès des 27 et 28 novembre de notre ami révisionniste australien
Fredrick Töben, directeur de l'Adelaide Institute, n'aura pas lieu.
F. Töben, on s'en souvient (nos messages des 14 mars et 26 septembre 07),
était poursuivi par Jeremy Jones, ancien président du Conseil exécutif de la
communauté juive d'Australie, pour avoir enfreint une décision de la Cour
fédérale du 17 septembre 2002 lui ordonnant de retirer de son site tous les
éléments contestant l'Holocauste ou faisant de la peine aux juifs.
Voilà longtemps que Fred Töben préparait ce procès et, convaincu qu'il se
retrouverait une fois de plus en prison (il a déjà fait 7 mois de prison en
Allemagne en 1999 à cause du même contenu révisionniste de son site), il
avait mis en ordre tous ses papiers et avait même déjà fait paraître le
numéro de décembre de son bulletin intitulé, lui aussi, "Adelaide
Institute".
Puis avant-hier soir, vers 7 heures, F. Töben a présenté ses excuses au
tribunal ("aux représentants de la justice, pas aux juifs", précise notre
ami) pour n'avoir pas respecté les ordres du juge Catherine Branson de la
Cour fédérale de 2002 et il s'est engagé à:
- retirer de son site, au plus tard le 5 décembre 2007, tout matériel
incriminé;
- de ne pas en reporter le contenu sur un nouveau site ou sur un site sur
lequel il exercerait un contrôle quelconque.

"J'ai des idées bien arrêtées sur la question de l'Holocauste et je devrais
pouvoir les exprimer", aurait dit F. Töben à la sortie du tribunal. "Ceux
qui ne sont pas d'accord devraient en fait réclamer un débat avec moi ... Le
côté adverse, qui s'accroche à l'Holocauste, ne veut pas d'un tel débat ...
Il y a tellement de points litigieux dans ce prétendu Holocauste qu'il faut
continuer à l'étudier et faire des recherches à son sujet."