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   Greg Carr to Paul Fromm   
   Re: Arthur Topham Arrested on "Hate" Cha   
   26 Apr 23 22:40:03   
   
   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 10:01:24 AM UTC-7, Paul Fromm wrote:   
   > From: "pa...@paulfromm.com"     
   > Subject: Arthur Topham Arrested on "Hate" Charges    
   >    
   >    
   > Arthur Topham Arrested on "Hate" Charges    
   >    
   > Arthur Topham is an engaging and personable free thinker living in Quesnel,    
   > British Columbia. For years, he has been the editor of The Radical Press,    
   > first as a newsletter, and then as a blog. He started, as he'd admit, as    
   > someone on the left in the hippie scene in the 1970s. However, he was always    
   > passionately attached to freedom of speech. About a decade ago, he   
   championed    
   > Ernst Zundel during the horrific assault by the Canadian Human Rights    
   > Commission on the Zundelsite and, later, during his persecution under the   
   now    
   > utterly discredited "national security certificate" hearings, which resulted    
   > in the deportation of the dissident publisher, then a landed immigrant, to    
   > Germany and a five year prison term of doubting the Hollywood version of   
   World    
   > War II. He earned the denunciations of some of his former leftist friends   
   for    
   > his principled defence of free speech.    
   > Over the years, Arthur became increasingly outspoken about the vile   
   influence    
   > of the Zionist lobby in Canada. Not surprisingly, retaliation and an effort   
   to    
   > gag Mr. Topham followed in short order. Organized Zionists have consistently    
   > sought to silence, jail or have fired anyone who questions their views.    
   > Dissent means human rights complaints, jail or unemployment. The list of the    
   > victims of the Zionists is long: eccentric John Ross Taylor, publisher Ernst    
   > Zundel, gentle school teacher Malcolm Ross, journalist and war hero Doug    
   > Collins, yours truly and many others.    
   > Just this week, French comic Dieudonne M'bala M'bala was denied a Montreal    
   > concert venue after ferocious lobbying by the Centre for Israel and Jewish    
   > Affairs and, of course, loudly applauded by the League for Human Rights   
   (that    
   > doesn't include free speech) of B'nai Brith.    
   > In 2008, Harry Abrams, long-time Victoria operative for the League for Human    
   > Rights of B'nai Brith, launched a Sec. 13 (Internet censorship) complaint    
   > against Mr. Topham for some of his postings. The Canadian Association for   
   Free    
   > Expression intervened on Mr. Topham's behalf. After Marc Lemire's historic    
   > victory, September 2, 2009, when Sec. 13 was declared unconstitutional by a    
   > Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, the Tribunal looking into the Topham   
   complaint    
   > was adjourned sine die.    
   >    
   > Sadly, that didn't mean the end of the judicial persecution of this brave   
   man    
   > who has continued to champion victims of persecution. Earlier this week,    
   > Arthur was arrested and charged with "hate", under Sec. 319 of the Criminal    
   > Code, Canada's notorious "hate" law. Arthur's friend Hans Krampe reports:    
   >    
   > 'Arthur Topham, publisher of the Radical Press website, was arrested on May    
   > 16, 2012, at 11:30 am on the Barkerville Highway near Quesnel, B.C., put in    
   > handcuffs and taken to jail. Apparently, Arthur’s home had been staked out   
   for    
   > quite some time by the RCMP.    
   > The warrant for his arrest read “commission of hate crimes”.    
   >    
   > While in jail, Arthur’s house was raided and his computer equipment    
   > confiscated, including all his files. During the raid, Shasta, Arthur’s   
   wife,    
   > wasn’t allowed into her home for 9 hours. Once the RCMP had taken what   
   they    
   > wanted -- we wonder where the bugs are now hidden -- and finished   
   questioning    
   > Arthur, he was released at 11:00 pm.    
   >    
   > Arthur is now back home again, but prohibited from sending ANY emails or    
   > expressing any opinions about the issues all too familiar to us. In other    
   > words, freedom of speech, which he so passionately fights for, has now been    
   > stymied by unconstitutional somersaults, technically and “legally”   
   muzzling    
   > him, for the time being. Without compunction, might is right in Canada.    
   >    
   > Arthur advises NOT to send him any emails, since those would only wind up at    
   > the RCMP instead. What Arthur would like to have send to him -- by snail   
   mail    
   > etc. -- is money, since he is -- always has been -- chronically broke. It    
   > would help to defray some of the legal expenses he will now incur. Arthur   
   has    
   > asked Doug Christie, prominent defence lawyer in the Ernst Zündel case, for    
   > legal assistance and Doug agreed to help him without hesitation. -- Hans    
   > Krampe"    
   >    
   > In an interview this evening, Douglas Christie, the Battling Barrister,    
   > confirmed that he will be acting for the the freethinker in the Cariboo.   
   We're    
   > still waiting for the specifics of the charges.    
   >    
   > The persecution of Arthur Topham follows the model of the suppression of    
   > pro-free speech dissent practised by professional censors and the Zionist    
   > lobby and enabled by the laws of Canada. One route is to tie the dissident   
   up    
   > in a lengthy and costly "human rights" hearing. This happened to Terry    
   > Tremaine. Next, charge them under the Criminal Code for "hate." The police    
   > raid you and seize (steal) your computer. [Don't count on ever getting it    
   > back. When this happened to lecturer Terry Tremaine, CAFE raised money and    
   > replaced it within 10 days.] The goal is to take away the resources that   
   allow    
   > an Internet dissident to function. After some time, the dissident is   
   charged.    
   > Then, a pliant judge imposes bail conditions that involve silencing the    
   > dissident. In Mr. Topham's case, he is not allowed to use e-mail.    
   >    
   > Note that the victim is silenced even though the charges have not been   
   heard.    
   > This is turning Anglo-Saxon justice on its head. We presume a person   
   innocent    
   > until proven guilty.    
   >    
   > Arthur is not well off. He has spent thousands of dollars on fighting the   
   now    
   > shelved Canadian Human Rights complaint. People who might like to send    
   > messages of support or financial assistance to Arthur Topham can reach him   
   at    
   > the following address:    
   >    
   > Arthur Topham,    
   > 4633 Barkerville Hwy.,    
   > Quesnel, BC.,    
   > V2J 6T8    
   >    
   > Paul Fromm    
   > Director    
   > CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR FREE EXPRESSION    
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