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The New Zealand government yesterday confirmed it would not allow British historian David Irving, infamous for denying that the

The New Zealand government yesterday confirmed it would not allow British historian David Irving, infamous for denying that the Holocaust occurred, to enter the country.
Irving, stopped from boarding a flight to Auckland from Los Angeles last month, was reported as threatening legal action to overturn the ban, which prevents him from accepting an invitation to a speaking engagement in Wellington.
New Zealand laws deny Irving the six-month visa granted to most British people because he was deported from a fellow Commonwealth country, Canada, in November 1992, after refusing to leave the country when directed.
He could be given a special dispensation to enter New Zealand, but a spokesperson for Prime Minister Helen Clark said it would not be granted.
Clark said last month there would be no exception for "someone whose views are damaging good relationships in the community" and the spokesperson said the government's position had not changed.
Irving's plan to visit New Zealand caused an outcry in July when Jewish graves were desecrated in two Wellington cemeteries, prompting the parliament to pass a resolution deploring anti-Semitism and all forms of racism.
The graveyard attacks followed the jailing of two suspected Israeli secret service spies in Auckland for trying to obtain false New Zealand passports.
Irving has also been refused entry to Germany and Australia.

Источник: thestar.co.za