Toben free, but website will still be monitored
FREDRICK Toben has been released from jail after serving a three-month sentence for contempt of court charges stemming from his denial of the Holocaust.
PETER KOHN
FREDRICK Toben has been released from jail after serving a three-month sentence for contempt of court charges stemming from his denial of the Holocaust.
Toben walked free from South Australia’s Yatala prison early on November 12.
The Adelaide-based Holocaust denier, who spoke at a 2005 Holocaust denial conference in Iran, can now add Australia to the list of countries including Germany, Austria and the UK, where he has served prison time.
His Adelaide Institute reported on its website that Toben was “unbroken and unrepentant, and appears very refreshed and relaxed after his little holiday”.
The website also stated he was “welcomed home by his friends and supporters who held a celebratory dinner for him on November 12. During his speech on the night, he vowed to continue his work in demolishing the Holocaust lies.”
Toben was taken into custody on August 13 after losing an appeal before the Federal Court, which earlier had ruled that he was in contempt of orders to desist from publishing false and offensive material about the Holocaust and Jews.
At the time of his arrest, Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) president Robert Goot described Toben’s activities as “outrageous denial that the Holocaust occurred and that six million Jews had been murdered by the Nazis”.
Goot said ECAJ would “be ¬≠monitoring the website” and would “take such action as we consider appropriate”.
Earlier report
Toben jailed for Holocaust denial
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