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Friendsof Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies Alarmed to learn BritishHolocaust Denier Allowed to Perform in Canada with Neo-Nazis

March 2, 2017 – Toronto: Friendsof Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) is alarmed to learn a British Holocaustdenier has been permitted to enter Canada to join a speaking tour with theneo-Nazi ‘Blood and Honour’ organization, named for the slogan of the HitlerYouth Group "Blut und Ehre".

“AllCanadians across the country should be outraged and horrified that AlisonChabloz, facing trial for the promotion of antisemitism on the internet –including calling Auschwitz a “theme park” andthe gas chambers a “hoax,” is allowed to freely enter this country to spreadher vile message of hate at the invitation of her fellow white supremacists,”said FSWC President & CEO Avi Benlolo. “This news is particularly unnervingduring a week when swastikas were found at York University, and Chabloz isscheduled to speak in Calgary tonight- just days after Calgary‘s JewishCommunity Center was evacuated due to bomb threats.”

As noted Canadian human rights lawyer Richard Warman observed,"I can't see aborder guard letting Alison Chabloz in if she admitted she's a Holocaustdenier, already on trial in the UK, and coming to speak to a neo-Nazi group theRCMP describes as a violent, right-wing extremist group.  If Chabloz wasn'thonest about the reasons for entry into Canada, I urge the Ministers for PublicSafety and Immigration to ensure her swift removal."

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Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center(FSWC) is a leading Canadian non-profit human rights foundationdirectly representing over 30,000 members. FSWC is committed to counteringracism and antisemitism and to promoting the principles of tolerance,social justice and Canadian democratic values through advocacy andeducational programs including workshops, Freedom Day, the Spirit of HopeBenefit, Tools for Tolerance and the widely acclaimed new Tour for Humanity. FSWC is affiliated with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, aninternational Jewish human rights organization headquartered in LosAngeles, which has won two Academy Awards, has built two Museumsof Tolerance (with a third being built in Jerusalem) and is an NGO at theUnited Nations, UNESCO, OAS, OSCE, the Council of Europe and the LatinAmerican Parliament. Visit us at www.fswc.ca

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