November 22, 2021
Phone PM Trudeau on Thursday November 25
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has selected new cabinet ministers and today is the start of a new Parliamentary session. We need to keep up the pressure to make sure that the Canadian government prioritizes justice. Hassan Diab must be protected and his persecution must end. No one should go through what Hassan has endured, and Canada’s Extradition Act must be reformed!
On Thursday, November 25, 2021, we ask you to please telephone the office of Prime Minister Trudeau and insist politely but firmly that the Prime Minister follow through on the statement he made on June 20, 2018, by publicly declaring that Canada will refuse any future request from France for Hassan Diab’s extradition.
Here is the contact information:
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Hill Office – House of Commons:
Phone: 1 (613) 992-4211
Constituency Office (Montreal, Quebec):
Phone: 1 (514) 277-6020
When you call, you will probably be transferred to leave your message on an answering machine, which is fine. Please, be sure to say your name and give your phone number.
Here is an example of a message you can leave, but please feel free to use your own words. Even one sentence, asking the PM to publicly declare Canada’s intent to refuse another request from France for Hassan’s extradition, will help!
Template Message:
“Hello. My name is _____________.
I am calling with an important message for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
I am a supporter of Dr. Hassan Diab, the Canadian who remains in legal limbo as France continues to pursue the prosecution of an innocent man.
Mr. Trudeau, on June 20, 2018, you said: “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 this never happens again.”
I urge you to publicly declare that Canada will protect Hassan, and refuse any future request from France for his extradition.
The government has a moral obligation to protect Hassan’s basic human rights.
Hassan and his family have suffered long enough!
I look forward to your response. My phone number is _____________.”
Postcards in Support of Hassan Diab
Postcards calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to protect Hassan Diab from ongoing persecution are available at Octopus Books, 116 Third Avenue, Ottawa. Please drop by Octopus Books to sign a postcard, and get extra postcards to share with friends.
If you are not in the Ottawa area, you can order postcards by sending an email to diabsupport@gmail.com with your postal mailing address and the number of postcards you’d like to receive, and we will gladly mail postcards to you.
You can see a photo of the postcard (front and back): here.
No postage is necessary to mail the postcard from Canada.
Recent Articles and Interviews
• Interview with Roger Clark of the Hassan Diab Support Committee, Vancouver Co-op Radio, November 15, 2021
• “How Prime Minister Trudeau can prove that he is serious about fighting Islamophobia” by Monia Mazigh, rabble.ca, October 26, 2021
• “Canadian extradition system in need of significant overhaul, legal experts say” by Robert Currie, Lawyer’s Daily, October 25, 2021
• “Canada’s unfair extradition system needs major reform, legal and human rights experts say” by Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press, October 21, 2021
Thank you for your continued support!
Hassan Diab Support Committee
Web: http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org
Email: diabsupport@gmail.com
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justiceforhassandiab
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeforHDiab
Twitter: https://twitter.com/justiceforhdiab
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