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Articles

• CTV News, October 21, 2021
  Canada’s extradition system needs major reform, legal and human rights experts say
• Ottawa Citizen, October 4, 2021
  Neve, Aiken and Champ: Canada’s next justice minister must defend Hassan Diab’s rights
• Canadian Bar Association National Magazine, October 4, 2021
  Should we really be handing them over?
• Sada Al-Mashrek, October 16, 2021
  Former International Amnesty Canada Director Roger Clark: “Let’s Not Allow Another Wrongful Extradition of Hassan Diab” (Last Part)
• Sada Al-Mashrek, September 26, 2021
  Former International Amnesty Canada Director Roger Clark: “Let’s Not Allow Another Wrongful Extradition of Hassan Diab” (Part 2)
• Sada Al-Mashrek, September 7, 2021
  Former International Amnesty Canada Director Roger Clark: “Let’s Not Allow Another Wrongful Extradition of Hassan Diab” (Part 1)
• Canadian Dimension, June 6, 2021
  How France lied about Hassan Diab, by Michelle Weinroth
• rabble.ca, June 3, 2021
  Canada should suspend its extradition treaty with France over the persecution of Hassan Diab, by Robert J. Currie
• Legal Matters, May 31, 2021
  Hassan Diab deserves better from the justice minister, by Gary Botting
• Ricochet, May 19, 2021
  Our extradition system is broken, and Hassan Diab is paying with his life”, by Sam Ponting
• The Globe and Mail, February 18, 2021
  Extraditing Hassan Diab a second time would be a travesty, Op-Ed by Mira Sucharov and Bernie Farber
• The Bullet, February 3, 2021
  Trudeau: End Hassan Diab’s Ordeal Now!, by Michelle Weinroth
• Global Justice Journal, Queen’s University Faculty of Law, February 1, 2021
  The Hassan Diab Case: Injustice expands, need for redress and reform deepens, by Alex Neve
• “The Ordeal of Hassan Diab”, by Judith Deutsch, CounterPunch, July 17, 2017
• “Trudeau following Harper’s lead in denying justice to illegally imprisoned Muslim men”, by Kathy Copps, rabble.ca, March 7, 2017
• “No evidence? No problem: What Hassan Diab’s extradition and imprisonment in France tells us about Canada’s casual relationship with the rule of law”, by Matthew Behrens, CCPA Monitor, March/April 2017
• “Trudeau Must Call For The Release Of Hassan Diab”, by Tyler Levitan, Huffington Post, November 18, 2016
• “No ‘sunny ways’ for Canadian extradited to France, so how fair will China be?”, by Gerald Caplan, Globe and Mail, October 12, 2016
• “Jewish Law and Our Most Cherished Traditions Require Justice for Hassan Diab”, by David Mivasair, Tikkun Daily, July 5, 2016
• “Why Is Canada Sacrificing the Rights of Its Citizen, Hassan Diab, for France’s War on Terror?”, by Sarah Lazare, Alternet, May 30, 2016
• “After years of injustice, Canada should bring Hassan Diab home”, by Monia Mazigh, rabble.ca, May 20 2016
• “Canada must demand fair investigation by France in case of Hassan Diab”, by Gerald Caplan, Globe and Mail, November 5, 2015
• “Civil society must prevent Hassan Diab’s wrongful conviction”, by Tyler Levitan, Al-Alraby Al-Jadeed, May 22, 2015
• “A Canadian in Paris: Hassan Diab’s Indefinite Jail Journey”, by Matthew Behrens, rabble.ca, February 23, 2015
• “Productive week for Canada’s desk torturers in Harkat, Diab cases”, by Matthew Behrens, rabble.ca, May 21, 2014
• “Op-Ed: Bring Canada’s extradition law into this century”, by Maria Heynen and Colin Stuart, Ottawa Citizen, May 15, 2014
• Huffington Post
  • “Will There Be Justice For This Canadian Citizen Living a Nightmare?”, by Larry Rousseau, Huffington Post, May 14, 2014
  • “Justice sera-t-elle rendue pour ce citoyen canadien vivant un cauchemar?”, par Larry Rousseau, Huffington Post, 14 mai, 2014 – Traduction (Français)
• Hassan Diab livre sa version des faits, le courrier de l’Atlas, 14 mai 2014
• “Hassan Diab is Innocent and the Case against Him is without Foundation”, by Ahmad Hreiche, Sada Al-Mashrek, November 26, 2013
• “Op-Ed: Diplomacy Must Not Trump Justice”, by Jo Wood, Ottawa Citizen, October 29, 2013
• “Civil liberties in peril”, by Randal Marlin, October 26, 2013
• “The Extradition Case of Dr. Hassan Diab”, by Matthew Behrens, Canadian Dimension, October 15, 2013
• “One Law for All Canadians?”, by Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan, Muslim Link, May 11, 2012
• “Taking Liberties: Revelations in Hassan Diab case highlight major faultlines in extradition process”, rabble.ca, April 2012
• “Canada’s Extradition Act and the case of Hassan Diab”, rabble.ca, February 2012
• “Persecution by proxy Canada’s Extradition Act and the case of Hassan Diab”, briarpatch Magazine, January 2012
• “Despite incredibly ‘Weak Case’, Hassan Diab Forced to Keep Resisting Extradition to France”, Homes Not Bombs, July 2011
• “Ottawa professor fights extradition for 1980 bomb attack in France”, rabble.ca, November 2010
• “Bad Times for the Good Doctor”, Alternatives International Journal, June 2010
• “And It All Falls Apart”, The Leveller, January 2010

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Events

• “Kafka Revisited: An Evening with Dr. Hassan Diab, Beit Zatoun House, Toronto, September 27, 2013
• Ottawa Dinner Event, Church of the Ascension, Ottawa, April 6, 2013
• “The Politics of Absurdity: Extradition in the Age of Fear”, Octopus Books, Ottawa, March 20, 2013
• Hassan Diab Fundraising Event, First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, Ottawa, June 9, 2012
• “J’Accuse”: Toronto event for Hassan Diab, University of Toronto, February 3, 2012
• Rally at Department of Justice, Ottawa, January 20, 2011
• Fundraising Dinner In Support of Hassan Diab, Ottawa, November 26, 2011
• “J’Accuse”: Toronto Fundraiser for Hassan Diab, Beit Zatoun House, Toronto, October 29, 2011
• Public Lecture: Extradition Law on Trial, Carleton University, October 19, 2011
• Remarks by Don Bayne, Hassan Diab’s Canadian Lawyer, at the “Welcome Hassan Home” Reception, Ottawa, Canada, February 3, 2018
  • Video of Don Bayne’s remarks
  • Transcript

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Extradition

• Canada Extradition Act / Loi sur l’extradition
  • English
  • Français
• Extradition treaty between Canada and France
  • English
  • Français
• “Op-Ed: Bring Canada’s extradition law into this century”, by Maria Heynen and Colin Stuart, Ottawa Citizen, May 15, 2014
• Memorandum: Issues Raised by the Diab Case Concerning Extradition from Canada, by Maeve MacMahon, August 2012, August 2012
• Canada’s Extradition Law: The Least Fair Act on Earth, by Gary Botting, Prism Magazine, June 17, 2011
• Extradition: The longest arm of the law, CBC News, February 27, 2006
• Canadian Extradition And Secret Trials, The Real News, video recording, February 15, 2011

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France’s Anti-Terrorism Laws

• How France confronts terrorism, Boston Globe, February 17, 2009
• Will France Americanize Its Legal System?, Time, January 9, 2009
• Sarkozy Seeks Changes That Would Reinforce Presumed Innocence of Suspects, Washington Post, January 8, 2009
• Use of French terrorism law on railroad saboteurs draws criticism, New York Times, November 4, 2008
• France terror laws ‘flout rights’, BBC News, July 2, 2008
• The French Experience of Counter-terrorism, by Jeremy Shapiro and Benedicte Suzan, Brookings Institute, Spring 2008
• Who Needs Jacques Bauer?, Wall Street Journal Opinion Archives, February 25, 2007
• Outreau puts French justice in question, BBC News, July 2, 2004

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Human Rights

• Fair Trial Manual, Second Edition, Amnesty International, 2014
• Report submitted by the Hassan Diab Support Committee to the UN Human Rights Council Working Group, Periodic Review of Canada’s Record, 16th session, May/June 2013
• Human Rights Watch Report, June 2010
  • No Questions Asked: Intelligence Cooperation with Countries that Torture
  • Sans poser de questions: La coopération en matière de renseignement avec des pays qui torturent (Français)
• Concerns and Recommendations on France, Human Rights Watch, March 2010
• Secret Evidence, a JUSTICE report by Eric Metcalfe, June 2009
• Human Rights Watch Report, July 2008
  • Preempting Justice: Counterterrorism Laws and Procedures in France
  • La justice court-circuitée: Les lois et procédures antiterroristes en France (Français)
• The Investigation and Prosecution of Terrorist Suspects in France , by Jacqueline Hodgson, School of Law, University of Warwick, 2006
• The Role For Human Rights Obligations in Canadian Extradition Law, by Joanna Harrington, Canadian Yearbook of International Law, 2005
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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Informational Kits

• Informational Kit, August/September 2021
• Informational Kit, April 2017
• Informational Kit, April-May 2016
• Informational Kit, January 2016
• Kit for France, May 2015
• Kit for France, December 2014
• Press Kit for Court of Appeal for Ontario Decision, May 2014
• Press Kit for Court of Appeal for Ontario Hearing, November 2013

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Interviews and Podcasts

• The Real News “Rattling the Bars” (host Eddie Conway) interview with Roger Clark and Monia Mazigh, June 2, 2021,
• CBC “As It Happens” Interview with Alex Neve, former Secretary General of Amnesty International – Canada, May 19, 2021 (starts at 36:36)
• CBC “All in a Day” interview with Donald Bayne (Hassan Diab’s Canadian lawyer), May 19, 2021
• CBC “As It Happens” Interview with Alex Neve, former Secretary General of Amnesty International – Canada, May 19, 2021 (starts at 36:36)
• The Real News interview with Donald Bayne (Hassan’s Canadian lawyer): “Canada’s Extradition Law Condemns Hassan Diab to a Kafkaesque Ordeal”, November 18, 2017
• CBC Radio “The Current” interview with Donald Bayne (Hassan Diab’s Canadian lawyer) and Rania Tfaily (Hassan’s wife), November 17, 2017
• CBC Radio “As It Happens” interview with Professor Rania Tfaily (Hassan’s wife), November 14, 2017
• Canadian Hassan Diab Falsely Accused Of 1980 Bombing, by Redeye Collective, May 2, 2016
• CKUT Community Radio, July 23, 2014 (Interview starts at 08:00 time mark)
• CHRY Community Radio, July 8, 2014
• Free City Radio, June 20, 2014
• Free City Radio, December 6, 2013
• CKUT Community Radio, Montreal, February 27, 2013
• Extradition injustice: The case of Hassan Diab, rabble.ca, February 29, 2012
• Interview conducted by Chris Cobb of the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, August 2011
• Prism TV’s “Rights and Security”, video recording, June 19, 2011
• CBC Radio interview conducted by Alan Neal of “All in a Day”, June 6, 2011
• PressTV report on Toronto event about Hassan Diab’s case, May 2011
• Canadian Extradition And Secret Trials, The Real News, video recording, February 2011
• “The Five O’Clock Train”, CHUO Radio, 89.1 FM, Ottawa, January 20, 2011
• CHRY Community Radio, Toronto, May 20, 2010
• CKUT Community Radio, Montreal, May 19, 2010
• CHRY Community Radio, Toronto, March 4, 2010
• Carleton Midweek Report, December 2, 2009
• CHRY Community Radio, Toronto, November 12, 2009
• CitizenShift: Canada’s National (In)security 2009, July 2009

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Legal Documents

• Legal Documents Related to Dr. Hassan Diab’s Case

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Press Conferences

• Ottawa, May 12, 2021 – Press conference – Today, France’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, hears an appeal from Hassan’s lawyers regarding the shocking and deeply troubling January 27, 2021, French Court of Appeal decision.
  • Video
• Ottawa, January 27, 2021 – Press conference – Reaction to the shocking and deeply troubling January 27, 2021, French Court of Appeal decision.
  • Video
• Ottawa, November 13, 2014 – Press conference following the refusal of the Supreme Court of Canada to hear Hassan Diab’s case
  • Video
• Ottawa, April 13, 2012 – Press conference in response to the Justice Minister’s surrender order
  • Video
• Ottawa, June 6, 2011 – Press conference in response to the extradition Judge’s committal decision
  • Video (Part 1)
  • Video (Part 2)

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Press Releases and Media Advisories

• Ottawa, January 24, 2022 – Media Advisory: (English / Français)
  • The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG) and the Hassan Diab Support Committee (HDSC) present a press conference on Tuesday, 25 January, 2022, 10:30 am (EST)
  • Conférence de presse présentée par la Coalition pour la surveillance internationale des libertés civiles (CSILC) et le Comité de soutien à Hassan Diab (HDSC), le mardi 25 janvier 2022, à 10h.30 am (HNE)
• Ottawa, November 25, 2021 – Media Advisory: (English / Français)
  • Time for Canada to ensure that Hassan Diab’s persecution is brought to an end and that he will not face extradition to France for a second time
  • Il est temps que le Canada mette fin à la persécution de Hassan Diab et qu’il garantisse que celui-ci n’aura pas à faire face encore une fois à l’extradition vers la France
• Ottawa, May 19, 2021 – Press Release:
  • Politics Trumps Justice: In a shocking decision, Cour de Cassation upheld Court of Appeal decision ordering Diab to stand trial despite its deeply troubling flaws
• Ottawa, May 10, 2021 – Media Advisory: (English / Français)
  • Hassan Diab Support Committee press conference on Wednesday 12 May, 2021
  • Conférence de presse du Comité de soutien à Hassan Diab, le mercredi, 12 mai 2021
• Ottawa, January 26, 2021 – Media Advisory: (English / Français)
  • Hassan Diab Support Committee press conference on Wednesday January 27, 2021
  • Conférence de presse du Comité de soutien à Hassan Diab, le mercredi, 27 janvier 2021
• Ottawa, July 25, 2019 – Media Advisory: (English / Français)
  • Hassan Diab press conference on Parliament Hill, 3pm Friday July 26, to respond to Segal Report
  • Conférence de presse (Hassan Diab) pour commenter le Rapport Segal: Salle de conférences de presse 135-B (l’édifice de l’Ouest de la Colline du Parlement) le vendredi 26 juillet à 15h.00
• Ottawa, May 29, 2019 – Press release:
  • Hassan Diab and His Supporters Demand Public Release of Segal Report and Renew Call for Public Inquiry and Reform of Canada’s Extradition Act
• Ottawa, May 28, 2018 – Media Advisory: (English / Français)
  • Press Conference Calling for Public Inquiry into Hassan Diab’s Case – 30 May, 2018, 10:30 AM, Ottawa
  • Conférence de presse pour demander une enquête publique et indépendante sur l’extradition vers la France du Dr. Hassan Diab – le 30 mai 2018, 10h.30
  • Video of the Press Conference on 30 May, 2018
• Ottawa, January 12, 2018 – Press release:
  • French Investigative Judges Dismiss Allegations; Dr. Hassan Diab Set to be Released from Prison in France
• Ottawa, December 14, 2017 – Press release:
  • French Prosecutor Concedes Credible Evidence Points to Diab’s Innocence, but Asks for Trial
• Ottawa, November 15, 2017 – Press release:
  • Diab’s Eighth Release Order Overturned; High-Profile Canadians Urge PM Trudeau to Bring Diab Home
• Ottawa, November 10, 2017 – Press release:
  • Fourth French Judge Orders Dr. Hassan Diab Released on Bail on November 14 Unless Decision Is Overturned
• Ottawa, November 1, 2017 – Press release:
  • Representatives of a Foreign State Try to Interfere in Dr. Diab’s case; PM Trudeau Urged to Remedy Miscarriage of Justice.
• Ottawa, September 22, 2017 – Press release: (English / Français)
• End of Investigations and Delayed Decision in Dr. Hassan Diab’s Case. Supporters Send Parliamentary Petition and Open Letter to Trudeau.
• Le cas du Hassan Diab: Le juge d’instruction déclare son enquête terminée. Décision retardée. Le Comité de Soutien de M. Diab envoie une pétition parlementaire et une lettre ouverte.
• Ottawa, June 22, 2017 – Press release: (English / Français)
  • Amnesty International Calls for End to Hassan Diab’s Imprisonment as New Evidence Further Confirms His Innocence
  • Amnesty International demande la libération d’Hassan Diab dont l’innocence est confirmée par de nouvelles preuves
• Ottawa, June 21, 2017 – Media advisory:
  • Amnesty International Press Conference on Hassan Diab’s Case, June 21, 2017, 1pm, Ottawa
• Ottawa, May 17, 2017 – Media advisory:
  Supporters of Hassan Diab, Canadian citizen detained in France, Seek Trudeau’s Intervention
• Ottawa, May 2, 2017 – Press release:
  • Diab’s Sixth Release Order Overturned; Supporters Deeply Disappointed with Canadian Government’s Inaction
• Ottawa, April 27, 2017 – Media advisory:
  • Press Conference Reacting to Continued Detention of Diab in France Despite Six Release Orders
• Ottawa, April 25, 2017 – Press release:
  • French Investigative Judges Order Diab’s Release for Sixth Time; Diab’s Supporters Call on the Prime Minister to Intervene

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