29-11-2007 / Australia
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Australia - Toben gives Holocaust denial apology in court
Fredrick Toben gave an apology in the Federal Court of Australia for being in contempt of court by continually featuring Holocaust denial material on his Adelaide Institute website.
He gave the apology during a contempt hearing of the Federal Court sitting in Adelaide.
After being called up to the bar by Justice Michael Moore to apologize if he agreed with it, Toben began to give a qualified apology.
When Justice Moore said that his comments were inconsistent with an apology, Toben gave a full apology, without embellishment and undertook to remove all Holocaust denial material from the website by 4pm on December 5 and not to replace it.
Solicitor Steven Lewis said after the hearing: “It’s a significant victory for the community. The ECAJ was vindicated in their actions and has forced him to acknowledge his contempt of court and remove the offending material.”
This court hearing is the culmination of a 10-month battle that began when contempt orders were served on Toben by the Federal Court, after he returned from a Holocaust denial conference in Iran in January.
Source:
www.ajn.com.au
Date: November 29, 2007
By Peter Kohn
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