On June 21, Amnesty International, the Canadian Association of University Teachers, and the Hassan Diab Support Committee held a press conference on Parliament Hill, urging the Canadian government to intervene with the French authorities to release Canadian citizen Dr. Hassan Diab on bail without delay. “Canada cannot casually stand by while the rights of a Canadian citizen … Read more
On Tuesday, May 2nd, the French Court of Appeal overturned once again the release order of Dr. Hassan Diab at the prosecutor’s behest. Over the past year, Dr. Diab has been ordered released six times by French anti-terrorism investigative judges, but his release orders have been repeatedly overturned. The investigative judges found that there is … Read more
With the one-year anniversary of his pretrial detention approaching, Dr. Hassan Diab remains in prison in France. He has been in detention for one year, since the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear his case on November 13, 2014, and he was extradited to France the following day. The Canadian citizen and former university … Read more
The Hassan Diab Support Committee gathered in Ottawa to hand-deliver a letter in support of Dr. Diab to Justice Minister Rob Nicholson (Niagara Falls, ON). The letter, signed by hundreds of individuals and representatives of organizations, calls on Nicholson to refuse to hand over Diab to France. The full release is available online. Call 613-852-3389.
The Hassan Diab Support Committee said that Dr. Hassan Diab will appear before the Ontario Court of Appeal in Toronto, ON, with his lawyer Marlys Edwardh to request that his bail be renewed. The committee said Dr. Diab's bail was automatically revoked early this week when an Ottawa judge signed an order for his extradition … Read more
Hassan Diab will appeal the Supreme Court's decision to commit him for extradition to France. The Hassan Diab Support Committee has gathered one thousand signatures on a petition in support of Diab. Call 650-576-5616.
