Newspaper Reports
- CBC News, May 1, 2018:
‘What more can you lose?’- Hassan Diab spent 3 years in a French prison for a 1980 bombing despite little evidence he committed the crime. Now, the Ottawa resident is trying to piece his fractured life back together - CBC News, May 1, 2018:
Canada helped France dig up evidence to extradite Ottawa man later freed on terror charges - CBC News, January 17, 2018:
After years in French prison, Diab fighting to fix Canada’s ‘lousy’ extradition laws - Ottawa Citizen, January 17, 2018:
Exclusive: ‘I feel so wonderful,’ Diab discusses reuniting with family, release from French prison - Ottawa Citizen, January 16, 2018:
Ottawa academic Hassan Diab is back home, free for the first time in a decade - Ottawa Citizen, January 12, 2018:
Editorial: Justice, finally, for Hassan Diab - Ottawa Citizen, November 27, 2017:
Why Hassan Diab’s ongoing incarceration in France is Canada’s ‘Dreyfus Affair’, by Heather Menzies - Globe and Mail, November 14, 2017:
Trudeau urged to intervene in case of Ottawa professor jailed in France - Ottawa Citizen, November 14, 2017:
French court blocks release of Ottawa academic Hassan Diab for eighth time - Ottawa Citizen, October 16, 2017:
Ottawa academic Hassan Diab still in legal limbo in Paris prison - France 24, September 21, 2017:
Canadian supporters seek release of Paris synagogue attack suspect - CBC Radio – The Sunday Edition, September 17, 2017:
Put him on trial or send him home: Michael Enright on the appalling treatment of Hassan Diab - Ottawa Citizen, July 27, 2017:
Repatriate Hassan Diab and reform our unbalanced extradition law, by Robert J. Currie - The Guardian PEI, July 17, 2017:
An open contempt for Charter rights, by Richard Deaton - Toronto Star, July 10, 2017:
Ottawa must seek justice for Hassan Diab, by Bernie M. Farber and Mira Sucharov - Ottawa Citizen, June 23, 2017:
Editorial: Trudeau must speak out on Hassan Diab - Toronto Star, June 21, 2017:
Amnesty urges Trudeau to act in case of Ottawa professor jailed in France - Ottawa Citizen, June 21, 2017:
France accused of violating human rights by group lobbying for academic Hassan Diab’s release - Globe and Mail, June 21, 2017:
Ottawa professor jailed in France is being held for political purposes: lawyer - Toronto Star, May 23, 2017:
How a Canadian professor’s life became a horror show, by Mohamed Fahmy - Ottawa Citizen, May 17, 2017:
‘This is a travesty of justice’: Diab supporters rally in front of Trudeau’s office - Toronto Star, May 4, 2017:
French prosecution of Canadian Hassan Diab a travesty, by Faisal Kutty - Ottawa Citizen, April 27, 2017:
Canada must intervene with France on terror accused Diab’s behalf, lawyer, wife plead - Ottawa Citizen, April 7, 2017:
Treatment of Hassan Diab ‘unprecedented’ as French court blocks release for fifth time - Ottawa Citizen, April 3, 2017:
Ottawa academic’s release ordered from Paris jail for fifth time — prosecutors quickly block move - Ottawa Citizen, February 18, 2017:
Hassan Diab supporters fear changing political climate could hurt chances of fair trial - Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 2016:
‘Consistent evidence’ suggests Ottawa academic did not commit 1980 terrorist bombing, French judge says - Ottawa Citizen, May 24, 2016:
French appeal court orders Diab back to jail pending trial - Ottawa Citizen, May 17, 2016:
French judge orders terror accused Diab’s release - Ottawa Citizen, December 29, 2015:
French court rejects Diab appeal to have key evidence tossed - Globe and Mail, November 9, 2015:
Canada must demand fair investigation by France in case of Hassan Diab - Ottawa Citizen, November 9, 2015:
One year after extradition to France, Ottawa academic still pushes for freedom - Ottawa Citizen, May 9, 2015:
Hassan Diab’s letters from prison - Ottawa Citizen, November 14, 2014:
Canada’s extradition law: A legal conundrum - Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 2014:
Supreme Court rejects Diab appeal, academic to be extradited to France - Ottawa Citizen, November 11, 2014:
Wanted by France, Diab will await his fate from a jail cell - La Presse, November 2, 2014:
Hassan Diab conteste son extradition devant La Cour supreme - CBC News, November 2, 2014:
Hassan Diab fights extradition to France with Supreme Court appeal - CBC News, May 15, 2014:
Hassan Diab’s extradition to France upheld by appeal court - Ottawa Citizen, May 15, 2014:
‘We have lost everything’: Court upholds Hassan Diab extradition - Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 2014:
Accused terrorist and family man: Hassan Diab lives in limbo as deportation ruling looms
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Articles
- “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
- Canadian Dimension
- “The Extradition Case of Dr. Hassan Diab”, by Matthew Behrens, Canadian Dimension, October 15, 2013
- “L’affaire de l’extradition de M. Hassan Diab”, par Matthew Behrens, Canadian Dimension, 15 octobre, 2013 – Traduit par Bob Thomson (Français)
- “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
Call-Outs / eBulletins “Justice for Hassan Diab”
- June 10, 2018
- May 28, 2018
- May 5, 2018
- December 19, 2017
- November 29, 2017
- November 21, 2017
- October 22, 2017
- September 8, 2017
- August 28, 2017
- August 4, 2017
- July 31, 2017
- July 17, 2017
- July 9, 2017
- July 2, 2017
- June 28, 2017
- June 20, 2017
- June 17, 2017
- May 8, 2017
- April 27, 2017
- April 2, 2017
- March 22, 2017
- March 15, 2017
- March 4, 2017
- November 14, 2016
- November 8, 2016
- May 27, 2016
- May 18, 2016
- April 9, 2016
- February 7, 2016
- December 27, 2015
- December 16, 2015
- December 3, 2015
- November 21, 2015
- November 12, 2015
- November 11, 2015
- June 2, 2015
- April 27, 2015
- March 2, 2015
- February 6, 2015
- January 9, 2015
- December 23, 2014
- November 20, 2014
- August 18, 2014
- April 7, 2014
- December 12, 2013
- October 28, 2013
- September 23, 2013
- March 17, 2013
- October 7, 2012
- May 4, 2012
- January 28, 2012
- January 9, 2012
- November 20, 2011
- October 28, 2011
- October 21, 2011
- October 10, 2011
- June 18, 2011
- June 8, 2011
- May 17, 2011
- February 21, 2011
- January 30, 2011
- January 2, 2011
- December 19, 2010
- December 12, 2010
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
Extradition
- Canada Extradition Act / Loi sur l’extradition
- Extradition treaty between Canada and France
- “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
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
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
- 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
- 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
Informational Kits
- 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
Interviews and Podcasts
- 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’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”, podcast, 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
Legal Documents
Media: Press Conferences, Releases, and Advisories
- Ottawa, May 28, 2018 – Media Advisory:
- Ottawa, January 12, 2018 – Press release:
- Ottawa, December 14, 2017 – Press release:
- Ottawa, November 15, 2017 – Press release:
- Ottawa, November 10, 2017 – Press release:
- Ottawa, November 1, 2017 – Press release:
- Ottawa, September 22, 2017 – Press release:
- End of Investigations and Delayed Decision in Dr. Hassan Diab’s Case. Supporters Send Parliamentary Petition and Open Letter to Trudeau. (Anglais / Français)
- 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. (Français / Anglais)
- Ottawa, June 22, 2017 – Press release:
- Ottawa, June 21, 2017 – Media advisory:
- Ottawa, May 17, 2017 – Media advisory: