Human Rights Censors Lay on Security In Aftermath of Winnicki Jailing

"The Canadian Human Rights Commission has stepped up security for staff working on hate crimes in the wake of death threats from an American white supremacy leader. The same threats, written over the jailing of Londoner Tomasz Winnicki, prompted an American communications company to shut down one of the largest U.S. white supremacy websites yesterday. Vanguard News Network is described by U.S. anti-racism advocates as one of the most active and popular white supremacy websites. But yesterday afternoon it was taken offline because of concerns raised in Canada over threats posted by its leader, Alex Linder. Linder issued a call to arms on his website against Federal Court of Canada Justice Konrad W. von Finckenstein, members of the human rights commission and Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman. 'Killing Warman, 'judge' von Finckenstein, or any of the jews who make up the dictatorial 'human rights' council . . . would be a genuine act of patriotism,' Linder declared." (London Free Press, July 27, 2006) The human rights tyrants and the hopped up judges love to portray themselves as brave battlers for humanity, while stripping people of freedom of speech and liberty. The jailing for of London dissident Tom Winnicki by Federal Judge Conrad von Finckenstein in reprisal for Winnicki's postings on a U.S. website has set off a storm of comment. Canada's poodle press, complacent in itsd narrowing range of permissible topics of discussion, but grateful to have their jobs, may have trouble understanding just how angry people get seeing the Soviet anti-freedom tyranny of the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the complicit courts here in Cuba North. I want to make it emphatically clear that I oppose violence, even against the tyrants and those who would steal our freedoms. While I wouldn't want to deny a few Ottawa rent-a-cops their new employment guarding the tyrants, Alex Linder's heated comments fall short of death threats. His remarks are hot and intemperate. As one who helped draft and promote the New Orleans Protocol, I strongly oppose threats of or loose talk abolut violence. We are non-violent patriots. End of story. Yet, as a student of history, I must note, as I told the Glenn Bahr human rights tribunal in Edmonton, May 31: "When you silence the Men of the Word, you will have to deal with the Men of the Sword." However, a few years ago, the anarchist terrorists in the ARA (Anti-Racist Action) with whom Richard Warman seems today to have close ties, put out a poster with then-Premier Mike Harris in rifle cross hairs. The Metro Toronto Police showed no inclination to press charges of incitement to violence against them. ----------------------------- Death threats raise alarm Thu, July 27, 2006 A U.S. white supremacy leader issues a call to arms against a Canadian judge and others. By RANDY RICHMOND, FREE PRESS REPORTER The Canadian Human Rights Commission has stepped up security for staff working on hate crimes in the wake of death threats from an American white supremacy leader. The same threats, written over the jailing of Londoner Tomasz Winnicki, prompted an American communications company to shut down one of the largest U.S. white supremacy websites yesterday. Vanguard News Network is described by U.S. anti-racism advocates as one of the most active and popular white supremacy websites. But yesterday afternoon it was taken offline because of concerns raised in Canada over threats posted by its leader, Alex Linder. Linder issued a call to arms on his website against Federal Court of Canada Justice Konrad W. von Finckenstein, members of the human rights commission and Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman. "Killing Warman, 'judge' von Finckenstein, or any of the jews who make up the dictatorial 'human rights' council . . . would be a genuine act of patriotism," Linder declared. "That . . . is VNN's view . . ." The threat was posted last week. "We are reviewing it. We are taking it seriously," said Andrew Baumberg, spokesperson for the federal court. The human rights commission has taken several steps, spokesperson Kathrin Stokes-Bonhomme said yesterday. "Decisions have been made to add security for staff working on hate crimes," she said. She refused to elaborate. The commission and Warman both drafted letters to U.S. police and the Internet service provider for Vanguard News Network after Linder's call to arms. "This is a direct incitation to murder," said Warman, a human rights advocate who targets Internet hate sites. Vanguard News Network also posted death threats from its members, including one saying outlaw bikers had been offered money to kill Warman and his family. "Money CAN buy justice . . . (Warman) is going down," the message stated. Many Internet service providers have policies prohibiting the posting of threatening information. "The site has been taken down," confirmed a spokesperson for the Internet service provider yesterday afternoon. Linder could not be reached for comment by phone and did not answer e-mail inquiries. The Southern Poverty Law Centre, an anti-racism group in the U.S., describes Linder as a rising white supremacy star and "the operator of a gutturally racist website that is close to breaking into the big time by becoming one of the 10,000 most-visited pages on the Net." Vanguard News Network is the same website that hosted Londoner Winnicki's long-running tirade against non-whites and non-Christians. In 2003, Warman filed a complaint with the human rights commission that Winnicki was breaching the Canadian Human Rights Act by likely exposing certain groups to hatred and/or contempt. Winnicki was called before a human rights tribunal last summer. He was also ordered by a federal court to stop posting hate messages until the tribunal reached a decision. Winnicki refused and two weeks ago was found in contempt of court and jailed for nine months. Meanwhile, in April, the tribunal ruled he had indeed broken the act. He was ordered to pay $11,500 in fines and compensation. (London Free Press, July 27, 2006)