OTTAWA - Notorious Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel is suing the Canadian government for $10-million, claiming his constitutional rights were violated when he was held in solitary confinement and deported to his native Germany. Lawyers for both sides are scheduled to appear today in the Federal Court of Canada, when the federal government will try to have the suit thrown out on the grounds it is "vexatious and an abuse of process." The lawsuit is the latest round in Mr. Zundel's complicated and protracted legal odyssey, which has spanned two decades and court challenges on two continents. Mr. Zundel, 66 was deported last March and went on trial in Germany this month on charges of inciting hatred. The trial was adjourned at the outset after one of Mr. Zundel's lawyers was fired because the judge doubted the long-time white supremacist would be properly defended. The crux of Mr. Zundel's challenge in the Federal Court of Canada is he was unlawfully and unconstitutionally detained under a federal security certificate, a process by which suspects can be detained indefinitely if they are believed to be a threat to national security. The government has issued dozens of security certificates, primarily against terror suspects, following the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Janice Tibbetts, CanWest News Service

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