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Skip to primary contentSkip to secondary contentJustice for Hassan DiabEnd the baseless prosecution and reform Canada's Extradition Act!Main menuHomeAboutBackgroundTestimonialsDocumentaryCase ChronologyPoemsSupportOrganisational Support (2021)Organisational SupportCalls for Public Inquiry (2018)CampaignsLatest NewsUseful LinkseBulletinsHow to HelpContactPost navigation← Older postsPlease Sign the Petition to Protect Hassan Diab from Further InjusticePosted on July 6, 2022 by Justice for Hassan DiabThanks to your support, our petition to protect Hassan Diab from further injustice and say NO to any future request for Hassan’s extradition has garnered over 6,500 signatures since it was launched on June 6.Hassan and his family are deeply grateful for such outpouring of support. HOWEVER, we know it will take many more signatures to persuade the Canadian government to protect Hassan Diab from another extradition.Therefore, we strongly urge you to sign the petition (if you haven’t done so already), and share it as widely as possible so we would exceed 10,000 signatures as soon as possible. Petition in English: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pm-trudeau-protect-hassan-diab-from-further-injustice-say-no-to-another-extraditionPétition en français: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pm-trudeau-protegez-hassan-diab-de-toute-nouvelle-injustice-dites-non-a-une-deuxieme-extradition(Please sign either the English or French version of the petition.)In April 2023, Hassan will face an unfair, political trial in France for a crime he did not commit. The trial flies in the face of overwhelming evidence of Hassan’s innocence. Hassan’s French lawyers point to the immense political pressure being applied to keep the case alive. We need to show that people of conscience won’t stand for the absurd and unjust miscarriage of justice that Hassan and his family have been forced to endure for more than 13 years.Many thanks,Hassan Diab Support CommitteePosted in GeneralSign the Petition to Protect Hassan Diab from further injustice — and say NO to any future request for extradition!Posted on June 6, 2022 by Justice for Hassan DiabPlease sign the petition calling upon Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Government of Canada to: (a) Put an end to the continuing miscarriage of justice that Hassan Diab is facing, and (b) Refuse any future request for Hassan Diab’s extradition.Petition in English: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pm-trudeau-protect-hassan-diab-from-further-injustice-say-no-to-another-extraditionPétition en français: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pm-trudeau-protegez-hassan-diab-de-toute-nouvelle-injustice-dites-non-a-une-deuxieme-extradition(Please sign either the English or French version of the petition.)Exactly 11 years ago, on June 6, 2011, the Canadian extradition judge, Justice Robert Maranger, committed Dr. Hassan Diab for extradition to France. His decision was based solely on deeply flawed handwriting evidence which he described as “convoluted”, “very confusing”, and “with conclusions that are suspect”. Justice Maranger noted that Canada’s extradition law, with its very weak protections, left him no choice but to commit Hassan for extradition.Hassan was extradited to France in November 2014 and was held for more than three years in a prison near Paris while the investigation into the 1980 Rue Copernic bombing continued. In January of 2018, two French investigative judges determined that there was no evidence linking Hassan to the bombing, and he was released unconditionally and returned to Canada.In June 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated: “I think, for Hassan Diab, we have to recognize first of all that what happened to him never should have happened […] and make sure that it never happens again.”However, due to political pressure, French prosecutors appealed Hassan’s release, and despite a wealth of evidence exonerating him, France’s bizarrely unjust and Kafkaesque prosecution continues. In a decision that shocks the conscience, the French judiciary set an April 2023 date for the trial of Hassan, more than five years after he was cleared of all accusations and freed without conditions by French investigative judges. Hassan’s nightmare has returned as he now faces the danger of being extradited yet again to France for a crime he did not commit.PLEASE sign the English or French version of the petition, and share it widely with family, friends, and your networks. We need a groundswell of support to protect Hassan from a SECOND wrongful extradition!Posted in GeneralUnfinished Business: The Hassan Diab Affair ContinuesPosted on May 15, 2022 by Justice for Hassan Diab“Many in Ottawa may remember the day he returned to Canada from France. A crowd of longstanding supporters, his wife, and little children received him with open arms and crimson flowers. It was a euphoric moment. Dr. Hassan Diab, the man who was falsely accused of carrying out the 1980 bombing of the Paris synagogue on rue Copernic, who was wrongly extradited in 2014 on the basis of an egregiously flawed handwriting analysis, and who spent more than three years in solitary confinement without charge or formal trial, was finally released on January 12, 2018, from France’s Fleury-Mérogis Prison.Two French investigative judges, Jean-Marc Herbaut and Richard Foltzer, had studied Diab’s case meticulously over several years (the former even made a trip to Lebanon to interview eye witnesses), and finally declared, ‘There is no evidence to indicate, or even imply, that … investigations will enable [the gathering of] further incriminating evidence against him.’”Read — and share — the full article By Michelle Weinroth, published in The Bullet on May 11, 2022:https://socialistproject.ca/2022/05/unfinished-business-the-hassan-diab-affair-continuesPosted in GeneralCanada Must Reform its Extradition Law Now!Posted on April 15, 2022 by Justice for Hassan DiabCanada’s extradition system is broken. It has led to grave rights violations, as we’ve seen in the case of Canadian citizen Dr. Hassan Diab and many others. It needs to be reformed now.The above video, produced by the International Civil Liberties Association (ICLMG), summarizes the issues with Canada’s Extradition Act, using Hassan Diab’s case as a pertinent example, and presents the recommendations of the Halifax Proposals to reform what Gary Botting, one of the country’s leading authorities on extradition law, called: “the least fair law in Canada”.Please urge the Canadian government to take immediate action and end the injustice Hassan Diab is facing, by signing the letter: http://iclmg.ca/diab-letterPosted in GeneralPanel on “The Least Fair Law in Canada”April 12, 2022, 12:00 pm ETPosted on March 30, 2022 by Justice for Hassan DiabJoin us for an important discussion on why we must fix the broken extradition system in Canada, and learn about a new blueprint, known as the Halifax Proposals, for how to make it happen.What: Panel on Reforming Canada’s Extradition ActWhen: Tuesday April 12, 2022, at 12:00 pm ETFeaturing:Sharry Aiken, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University and co-editor-in-chief of PKI Global Justice JournalRob Currie, Professor of Law at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie UniversityTim McSorley, National Coordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG)John Packer, Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of OttawaPlus: A premiere screening of a short video on the problems with the Extradition Act from the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group.Co-hosted by Queen’s University, the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa, and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group.Note: A recording of the webinar is now available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQYX73CSfOcPosted in GeneralPost navigation← Older postsWrite to PM Justin Trudeau calling on him to honour his words and put an end to Dr. Hassan Diab’s ordeal.https://iclmg.ca/diab-letter Video of Press conference on 27 January 2021 reacting to French Court of Appeal decision to refer Hassan to trialJustice for Hassan Diab VideosWhat’s Wrong with Canada’s Extradition ActStay Connected with Hassan's Case Stay connected with Hassan's case © Justice for Hassan Diab, 2021