Join us for an evening of powerful dramatic readings from Hassan Diab, Emile Zola, and others who have broken the silence and spoken out about the injustices they face.
Attorney Barbara Jackman will also speak at this event and Hassan Diab will read poems he has written. This event is free and open to the public.
- When: Friday February 3, 2012, at 7:30 pm
- Where: Music Room, Hart House, University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto
In 1894 Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French soldier, was charged with treason. The accusation, based on fraudulent handwriting analysis, unleashed waves of anti-Semitism. Eminent French writer Emile Zola wrote J’Accuse to expose “the spectre of the innocent man who, far away, is suffering the most atrocious of tortures for a crime he did not commit — It is a crime to exploit patriotism for works of hate.”
Right now, exactly repeating the past, France rests its case against Hassan Diab on the basis of fraudulent handwriting analysis. In this climate of Islamophobia, France has asked the Canadian government to extradite Hassan Diab where he faces an unfair trial that could land him in jail for life.
For more information:
Visit http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org or http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/j-accuse
Email diabsupport@gmail.com