From:

http://www.freebobbyfischer.net

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Bobby Fischer Battles On

New appeal, refugee claim, 1st asylum offer


Aug. 3, 2004 (TOKYO) The Committee to Free Bobby Fischer announced on
Tuesday that Fischer's lawyer, Ms Masako Suzuki, has completed her
submissions for his appeal to Japan's Justice Minister. The written
appeal to the minister is the next step in fighting his deportation on
false US allegations that his passport is invalid. The appeal to the
minister follows a two-day oral appeal made to the Immigration Bureau
over Friday, July 23 and Tuesday, July 27 that was summarily rejected.
The oral appeal was made in response to a July 15 Immigration Bureau
deportation decision that was scandalously printed and sealed even
before Fischer's first hearing was convened.


The current written appeal to the minister says that due process has
been denied to Bobby Fischer by a politically motivated US effort to
unlawfully revoke his passport retroactively, and by the illegal
seizure and destruction of his passport by a man who visited the
airport jail, would not give his last name, but claimed to be a US
consul. The legal filings also state that what Japanese officials are
calling a "deportation" is in fact an effort to extradite Fischer in
violation of the Japan-US Extradition Treaty. Under the treaty,
Fischer could never be extradited for his December 15, 1992 US
indictment under a US presidential sanctions order against Yugoslavia.
Extradition is not possible because the alleged crime (of playing a
game of chess) is not also a crime in Japan. Fischer played a
championship chess match in Yugoslavia despite receiving a written
warning from the US government in 1992. His action was an intentional
political protest against the US sanctions on Yugoslavia. Bobby
Fischer specifically played in Yugoslavia, after for many years
declining numerous offers to play matches around the globe following
his 1972 world championship victory.


In addition to pointing out that Fischer has been denied his US legal
right of appeal to any revocation of his passport, lawyer Suzuki says
the political nature of the US persecution of Fischer makes him
eligible for refugee status in Japan.



Fischer initiated a refugee claim on Monday, August 2. That claim is
separate and distinct from his appeal of the deportation order and has
its own series of procedures.


Appeals to the Justice Minister usually take no less than several
weeks and often run into months. Refugee claims can take years. There
is now no likelihood of any quick deportation if Japanese and
international law is respected.


Bobby Fischer has also started the process to apply a second time for
a Provisional Release from the jail at Narita Airport, which is about
an hour east of Tokyo by commuter train. After being assaulted during
his July 13 "kidnapping," Bobby was roughed up again the next day when
he was forced to meet with an unidentified person who said his first
name was "Peter" and that he came from the "embassy". It is now 21
days since Bobby Fischer was seized and locked up. He has not been
allowed to see the sun or to get any outdoor exercise or fresh air.
Fischer, who is 61 and a nonsmoker, is also forced to endure jail
conditions in which other prisoners are allowed to smoke cigarettes
all day in a common detention area. This mistreatment is especially
glaring considering the fact that it is illegal to smoke a cigarette
outdoors in central Tokyo. His access to the telephone is restricted
and visitors, including his support committee, are only allowed to
speak to him for 30 minutes a day and have to travel over two hours by
train for each visit. His provisional release request is backed by a
personal guarantee from Mr. Ichiji Ishii, a former vice Foreign
Minister of Japan. The continuing denial of a provisional release
constitutes unwarranted and inhumane mistreatment of Fischer, who has
not been convicted of any crime.


The Committee to Free Bobby Fischer is continuing to contact
independent countries around the world to seek safe havens for Bobby
Fischer from US political persecution. The first public response has
come from President Filip Vujanovic of the Republic of Montenegro,
which hosted the 1992 chess tournament at its resort island of Sveti
Stefan.


About one week ago, John Bosnitch, who heads the Committee to Free
Bobby Fischer, proposed a list of over 20 countries that might be most
likely to come quickly to the aid of Bobby Fischer. Scanning the list,
Fischer picked Serbia and Montenegro as his first choice. The
intellectual art of chess is a national passion in Serbia and
Montenegro, and the people of the country recognize the terrible
sacrifice that Bobby Fischer has made for them over the past 12 years
for standing up against the sanctions on Yugoslavia in 1992. Acting on
Bobby's request, Bosnitch initiated contact with Montenegrin officials
through a respected Montenegrin academic based in Japan. The Committee
is now making further contact with Montenegro to determine the precise
details of the asylum offer. The Committee is also pursuing other
asylum options and is continuing to assemble the original
documentation of Fischer's current, existing German citizenship.


John Bosnitch says, "Japan's scandalous detention of one of the
greatest living human intellects can only become a bigger and bigger
national embarrassment. The story of the ordeal of Bobby Fischer is
top news around the world. It is being published and broadcast in
North and South America, Asia, Europe, Africa and across the Pacific.
Coming just as the Japanese government has announced a new initiative
to seek a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, the
continuing mistreatment of chess legend Bobby Fischer can only give a
most unflattering impression of Japan to the entire international
community. Millions are watching."

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--
banana "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you
give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to
Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the
rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)

The series of articles that you have been posting is very good, I like it.

On the asylum though, it reads more like an asylum application than an
asylum offer. An asylum offer from a country of Fischer's own choice would
solve the substance of the problem, the rest would be formalities.


"banana" wrote in message
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From:

http://www.freebobbyfischer.net

***BEGIN***

Bobby Fischer Battles On

New appeal, refugee claim, 1st asylum offer


Aug. 3, 2004 (TOKYO) The Committee to Free Bobby Fischer announced on
Tuesday that Fischer's lawyer, Ms Masako Suzuki, has completed her
submissions for his appeal to Japan's Justice Minister. The written
appeal to the minister is the next step in fighting his deportation on
false US allegations that his passport is invalid. The appeal to the
minister follows a two-day oral appeal made to the Immigration Bureau
over Friday, July 23 and Tuesday, July 27 that was summarily rejected.
The oral appeal was made in response to a July 15 Immigration Bureau
deportation decision that was scandalously printed and sealed even
before Fischer's first hearing was convened.


The current written appeal to the minister says that due process has
been denied to Bobby Fischer by a politically motivated US effort to
unlawfully revoke his passport retroactively, and by the illegal
seizure and destruction of his passport by a man who visited the
airport jail, would not give his last name, but claimed to be a US
consul. The legal filings also state that what Japanese officials are
calling a "deportation" is in fact an effort to extradite Fischer in
violation of the Japan-US Extradition Treaty. Under the treaty,
Fischer could never be extradited for his December 15, 1992 US
indictment under a US presidential sanctions order against Yugoslavia.
Extradition is not possible because the alleged crime (of playing a
game of chess) is not also a crime in Japan. Fischer played a
championship chess match in Yugoslavia despite receiving a written
warning from the US government in 1992. His action was an intentional
political protest against the US sanctions on Yugoslavia. Bobby
Fischer specifically played in Yugoslavia, after for many years
declining numerous offers to play matches around the globe following
his 1972 world championship victory.


In addition to pointing out that Fischer has been denied his US legal
right of appeal to any revocation of his passport, lawyer Suzuki says
the political nature of the US persecution of Fischer makes him
eligible for refugee status in Japan.



Fischer initiated a refugee claim on Monday, August 2. That claim is
separate and distinct from his appeal of the deportation order and has
its own series of procedures.


Appeals to the Justice Minister usually take no less than several
weeks and often run into months. Refugee claims can take years. There
is now no likelihood of any quick deportation if Japanese and
international law is respected.


Bobby Fischer has also started the process to apply a second time for
a Provisional Release from the jail at Narita Airport, which is about
an hour east of Tokyo by commuter train. After being assaulted during
his July 13 "kidnapping," Bobby was roughed up again the next day when
he was forced to meet with an unidentified person who said his first
name was "Peter" and that he came from the "embassy". It is now 21
days since Bobby Fischer was seized and locked up. He has not been
allowed to see the sun or to get any outdoor exercise or fresh air.
Fischer, who is 61 and a nonsmoker, is also forced to endure jail
conditions in which other prisoners are allowed to smoke cigarettes
all day in a common detention area. This mistreatment is especially
glaring considering the fact that it is illegal to smoke a cigarette
outdoors in central Tokyo. His access to the telephone is restricted
and visitors, including his support committee, are only allowed to
speak to him for 30 minutes a day and have to travel over two hours by
train for each visit. His provisional release request is backed by a
personal guarantee from Mr. Ichiji Ishii, a former vice Foreign
Minister of Japan. The continuing denial of a provisional release
constitutes unwarranted and inhumane mistreatment of Fischer, who has
not been convicted of any crime.


The Committee to Free Bobby Fischer is continuing to contact
independent countries around the world to seek safe havens for Bobby
Fischer from US political persecution. The first public response has
come from President Filip Vujanovic of the Republic of Montenegro,
which hosted the 1992 chess tournament at its resort island of Sveti
Stefan.


About one week ago, John Bosnitch, who heads the Committee to Free
Bobby Fischer, proposed a list of over 20 countries that might be most
likely to come quickly to the aid of Bobby Fischer. Scanning the list,
Fischer picked Serbia and Montenegro as his first choice. The
intellectual art of chess is a national passion in Serbia and
Montenegro, and the people of the country recognize the terrible
sacrifice that Bobby Fischer has made for them over the past 12 years
for standing up against the sanctions on Yugoslavia in 1992. Acting on
Bobby's request, Bosnitch initiated contact with Montenegrin officials
through a respected Montenegrin academic based in Japan. The Committee
is now making further contact with Montenegro to determine the precise
details of the asylum offer. The Committee is also pursuing other
asylum options and is continuing to assemble the original
documentation of Fischer's current, existing German citizenship.


John Bosnitch says, "Japan's scandalous detention of one of the
greatest living human intellects can only become a bigger and bigger
national embarrassment. The story of the ordeal of Bobby Fischer is
top news around the world. It is being published and broadcast in
North and South America, Asia, Europe, Africa and across the Pacific.
Coming just as the Japanese government has announced a new initiative
to seek a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, the
continuing mistreatment of chess legend Bobby Fischer can only give a
most unflattering impression of Japan to the entire international
community. Millions are watching."

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--
banana "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you
give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to
Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the
rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)

[...]
It is now 21
days since Bobby Fischer was seized and locked up. He has not been
allowed to see the sun or to get any outdoor exercise or fresh air.
Fischer, who is 61 and a nonsmoker, is also forced to endure jail
conditions in which other prisoners are allowed to smoke cigarettes
all day in a common detention area. This mistreatment is especially
glaring considering the fact that it is illegal to smoke a cigarette
outdoors in central Tokyo. His access to the telephone is restricted
and visitors, including his support committee, are only allowed to
speak to him for 30 minutes a day and have to travel over two hours by
train for each visit. His provisional release request is backed by a
personal guarantee from Mr. Ichiji Ishii, a former vice Foreign
Minister of Japan. The continuing denial of a provisional release
constitutes unwarranted and inhumane mistreatment of Fischer, who has
not been convicted of any crime.


This is a horrendous scandal. How can the Japanese call themselves a
civilized nation when they subject innocent travellers to such
conditions. When I was detained in Detroit, coming from Ottawa, I was
given a private room with telephone, TV, bath and shower. There was a
small garden reserved for my sole use, and after the first month I was
allowed to plant flowers and vegetables. Cigarettes were available,
but I was never forced to smoke any. My family could visit and stay as
long as they pleased. For this purpose a suit of bedrooms was
reserved, but these were also available to the families of other
innocent travellers being temporarily detained. My captors were so
kind and friendly that I never felt the need to hire a lawyer. After
only 6 months it was determined that I was not Bobby Fischer after all
and I was allowed to travel to Montenegro, even though all my papers
had been shredded and the shreds had been lost by the CIA. Montenegro,
as the name implies, is a mountainous region in South Eastern Europe.
It is a peaceful, charming place; the countryside is quite idyllic and
the Adriatic sea coast is justly famous. Ethnic cleansing has been
fully accomplished and there are no Jews there any longer; nor are
there Muslims, nor Albanians. Both the government and the army show
great tolerance towards the citizens. It's a good thing that I was
invited to such a pleasant place because, since all my documents were
shredded by the CIA, I will never be able to leave. Just think - they
could have sent me to Guantanamo.

This is a horrendous scandal. How can the Japanese call themselves a
civilized nation when they subject innocent travellers to such
conditions. When I was detained in Detroit, coming from Ottawa, I was given a
private room with telephone, TV, bath and shower. There was a small garden
reserved for my sole use, and after the first month I was
allowed to plant flowers and vegetables. Cigarettes were available, but I was
never forced to smoke any. My family could visit and stay as long as they
pleased. For this purpose a suit of bedrooms was reserved, but these were also
available to the families of other innocent travellers being temporarily
detained. My captors were so kind and friendly that I never felt the need to
hire a lawyer. After only 6 months it was determined that I was not Bobby
Fischer after all and I was allowed to travel to Montenegro, even though all my
papers had been shredded and the shreds had been lost by the CIA. Montenegro,
as the name implies, is a mountainous region in South Eastern Europe.
It is a peaceful, charming place; the countryside is quite idyllic and the
Adriatic sea coast is justly famous. Ethnic cleansing has been fully
accomplished and there are no Jews there any longer; nor are there Muslims, nor
Albanians. Both the government and the army show great tolerance towards the
citizens. It's a good thing that I was invited to such a pleasant place
because, since all my documents were shredded by the CIA, I will never be able
to leave. Just think - they could have sent me to Guantanamo. -- Jurgen
(sarcasm on)

Perhaps Jurgen has been watching too many reruns of THE TERMINAL with Tom
Hanks.







__________________________________________________ ______________
"FIDE has made its decision. Players who refuse to be drug tested will not be
able to play chess." -- Dr. Press, co-founder of the FIDE Medical Commission.

(Parrthenon) wrote in message ...(to Juergen):
Juergen wrote:
This is a horrendous scandal. How can the Japanese call themselves a
civilized nation when they subject innocent travellers to such conditions.
When I was detained in Detroit, coming from Ottawa, I was given a private
room with telephone, TV, bath and shower. There was a small garden reserved
for my sole use, and after the first month I was allowed to plant flowers
and vegetables. Cigarettes were available, but I was never forced to smoke
any. My family could visit and stay as long as they pleased. For this
purpose a suit of bedrooms was reserved, but these were also available to
the families of other innocent travellers being temporarily detained.
My captors were so kind and friendly that I never felt the need to hire a
lawyer. After only 6 months it was determined that I was not Bobby Fischer
after all and I was allowed to travel to Montenegro, even though all my
papers had been shredded and the shreds had been lost by the CIA.
Montenegro, as the name implies, is a mountainous region in South Eastern
Europe. It is a peaceful, charming place; the countryside is quite idyllic
and the Adriatic sea coast is justly famous. Ethnic cleansing has been fully
accomplished and there are no Jews there any longer; nor are there Muslims,
nor Albanians. Both the government and the army show great tolerance
towards the citizens. It's a good thing that I was invited to such a
pleasant place because, since all my documents were shredded by the CIA,
I will never be able to leave.
Just think - they could have sent me to Guantanamo.
-- Jurgen (sarcasm on)

Perhaps Jurgen has been watching too many reruns of THE TERMINAL
with Tom Hanks.

If Juergen were to watch 'Joan of Arcadia', then he might think differently. :-)

A few years ago, a United States military reconnaisance aeroplane was compelled
(after it had been damaged by an accidental collision with a Chinese aeroplane)
to make an emergency landing at a Chinese military base. After much diplomatic
wrangling between the governments of China and the United States, the American
air crew were permitted to return (unharmed) home to the United States.

As far as I can recall, some American journalists seemed eager to get a
story about how 'the cruel Chinese have abused the brave innocent Americans',
but the closest account to that was the bitter complaint of some Americans
that the Chinese military base had offered them only Chinese meals, not their
preferred American meals, which those Americans regarded as a serious kind of
mistreatment (though the word 'torture' was not quite used to describe it).

When he was about 12 years old, Jet Li, a Chinese film star and martial artist,
visited the United States as part of an official delegation of Chinese leaders.
His adult chaperone told Jet Li to be careful about what he said in his hotel
room because it presumably was being electronically bugged by the Americans.
Jet Li decided to test this warning by saying (in Chinese), in a quiet voice,
in the middle of his hotel room, apparently alone, that he wished that he could
have some ice cream, naming his favourite flavour. When he returned to his
hotel room a few hours later, Jet Li found his favourite flavour of ice cream
there for his enjoyment. Presumably, a listening American agent had decided
that no harm would be done by providing some 'room service' for a Chinese boy,
who could not possibly be a threat to the United States's national security.

'yi juan shuang diao'

--Nick

In article ,
NoMoreChess writes

When I was detained in Detroit, coming from Ottawa, I was
given a private room with telephone, TV, bath and shower. There was a
small garden reserved for my sole use, and after the first month I was
allowed to plant flowers and vegetables. Cigarettes were

available,
but I was never forced to smoke any. My family could visit and stay as
long as they pleased. For this purpose a suit of bedrooms was
reserved, but these were also available to the families of other
innocent travellers being
temporarily detained. My captors were so
kind and friendly that I never felt the need to hire a lawyer. After
only 6 months it was determined that I was not Bobby Fischer

Yes, I recall a similar experience from when I travelled from Kentucky to
Indiana. I was treated well enough by the authorities, who, after only one
blitz game, managed to determine with absolute certainty that I was
*definitely* not Bobby Fischer, whereupon I was promptly released.

It is somewhat surprising that in your case, it took them six full months. I
suppose you must be a *very* strong chessplayer.... :-)

The fact of the matter is this: when you go abroad from a port, whether
of the air or sea variety, your passport is scanned, and if it's one
they're looking for, it's flagged within seconds. The concept here is
called 'security'.

--
banana "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you
give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to
Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the
rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)

..
Yes, I recall a similar experience from when I travelled from Kentucky to
Indiana. I was treated well enough by the authorities, who, after only one
blitz game, managed to determine with absolute certainty that I was
*definitely* not Bobby Fischer, whereupon I was promptly released.

It is somewhat surprising that in your case, it took them six full months.
I suppose you must be a *very* strong chessplayer.... :-)



The fact of the matter is this: when you go abroad from a port, whether
of the air or sea variety, your passport is scanned, and if it's one
they're looking for, it's flagged within seconds. The concept here is
called 'security'.


Well, that would certainly keep flagged *passports* from leaving the country;
but if it's Fischer's person they're after, the blitz chess test seems more to
the point. Or a few well-chosen questions about World Jewry, Palestine, and
Israel, the Passadena Police Department, etc.


Six months to determine you are not Fischer? In just one week, they could
have flown in Larry Evans, Boris Spassky, and Bob Ellsworth, for a "police
line-up." If the suspect says "hi Larry, Boris," and then attacks Ellsworth,
he is Fischer. :-)