Persecution of Dissidents

The social, extra-judicial persecution of dissidents for their peaceful activities. By extra-judicial, social persecution we mean media harassments and defamation, loss of employment, loss of residence, termination of memberships, cancellation of business contracts etc. Unless a report is on persecution in general, it has been categorized in the subcategory of the country where the events have occurred.

  • Bookstore Bombed for carrying Revisionist title

    “Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell A Greek bookstore, 'Nea Thesis' was attacked by armed hoodlums for openly selling the new Greek edition of Roger Garaudy's book, The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics. On the afternoon of October 15, 1996 the 'Nea Thesis' bookstore was open for business as usual. There were…

  • Arsonists attack Revisionist Publishers

    “Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell The offices of a major English publisher of revisionist materials were badly damaged in an arson attack today. Wilson Publishing and Historical Review Press, in Uckfield, East Sussex, was discovered in flames at 4.30am. There were no reported injuries in the blaze which destroyed the offices…

  • A Fearful Symmetry

    Concluding the tenth chapter of his novel Moravagine, the French poet, Blaise Cendrars, describes the social ferment that pervaded Tsarist Russia on the eve of revolution: “Everything was thrown out of kilter: institutions, family traditions, the notion of honor. A frantic loosening of all ties, which was mistaken for mysticism, was at work in every…

  • Zündel Attacked on way to Trial

    “Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell Members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) screamed obscenities while attacking Ernst Zündel, who questions whether six million Jews were killed by the Nazis, outside Toronto's downtown County Courthouse this morning. Zündel, a 46-year-old Toronto man charged with spreading false news, and about 15 supporters and…

  • Right to Reply

    No “Right to Reply” (yet written in our law) was granted to me by the media when they discharged the worst lies against my book The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics. I was walled up in silence. Only Abbé Pierre dared raise his great voice. By enacting laws that limit freedom of expression, the French…

  • Zündel Headquarters Torched

    “Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell The headquarters home of Ernst Zündel, the German-born Canadian resident who has for several years directed a world-wide revisionist campaign from Toronto, was severely damaged by fire after an unknown assailant doused the building with gasoline at five a.m. on May 7-8 and set it ablaze….

  • Museum Protester Attacked and Beaten

    “Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell David Willcox was among the protesters when the Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated. He waved a Palestinian flag. “I thought that somehow that day we had to make a presence for the Palestinians,” he said. Later that day he was attacked and beaten. Michael Schneider, self-identified…

  • Arsonists Devastate Revisionist Publisher

    “Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell The Institute for Historical Review, [once, editor] the leading American publisher of books and other materials questioning the Holocaust extermination story, was devastated by an arson attack on its offices and warehouses on July 4. Damage in the attack, carried out in the early morning hours…

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