Le très honorable Mark Carney, C.P.
Premier Ministre du Canada
Bureau du Premier Ministre
80, rue Wellington
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2
Monsieur le Premier Ministre,
Nous, soussignés, avons l’honneur de vous écrire afin de porter à votre attention notre vive et sérieuse préoccupation quant à l’injustice persistante subie par le Professeur Hassan DIAB, citoyen canadien et professeur d’université résidant à Ottawa.
En novembre 2008, la Gendarmerie royale du Canada a procédé à l’arrestation du Professeur DIAB à son domicile, à la suite d’une demande émanant des autorités françaises, lesquelles alléguaient son implication dans un attentat perpétré contre une synagogue à Paris en 1980.
En 2011, le juge d’extradition canadien, le juge Robert Maranger, a engagé le Professeur DIAB pour l’extradition vers la France sur la base d’une analyse de l’écriture manuscrite profondément erronée et largement critiquée qui a comparé l’écriture du Professeur DIAB en cinq mots en lettres majuscules sur une carte d’enregistrement d’hôtel de 1980. Le juge Maranger a décrit l’analyse de l’écriture manuscrite comme « alambiquée », « très déroutante » et basée sur « des conclusions suspectes ». Il a en outre noté que la France avait présenté “une affaire faible” et que “les perspectives de condamnation dans le contexte d’un procès équitable semblent improbables”. Cependant, en vertu de la Loi sur l’extradition du Canada – avec ses protections limitées – il n’avait pas d’autre choix que d’ordonner l’extradition du Professeur DIAB.
Il a été extradé vers la France en 2014, malgré des éléments substantiels étayant son alibi et soulevant de sérieux doutes quant à son identification. Par suite directe de cette erreur judiciaire manifeste, le Professeur DIAB a été incarcéré en France pendant plus de trois années, sans mise en accusation ni procès, et a été maintenu, pour l’essentiel de cette période, en régime d’isolement.
Après une enquête approfondie, deux juges d’instruction, parmi les plus éminents de France, ont conclu que les éléments réunis ne permettaient pas de justifier le renvoi du Professeur DIAB devant un tribunal. En janvier 2018, ils ont ordonné sa mise en liberté immédiate et inconditionnelle, à la suite de quoi il a pu retrouver son épouse et sa famille à Ottawa.
Incroyablement, en 2023, une juridiction française a tenu un procès par contumace et a déclaré le Professeur DIAB coupable. Cette condamnation, prononcée en son absence, n’a pas dissipé les préoccupations fondamentales soulevées par les éléments d’alibi, la fiabilité des preuves d’identification et les conclusions ayant mené à sa libération en 2018.
L’ensemble de cette affaire soulève des questions fondamentales relatives au respect des droits de la personne, aux principes de justice naturelle, et d’équité procédurale, ainsi qu’au risque de faire du Professeur DIAB un bouc émissaire en l’absence de fondement probant.
Monsieur le Premier Ministre, nous demandons que votre gouvernement s’engage publiquement à ne pas autoriser une nouvelle extradition du Professeur DIAB et à ce que le Ministre de la Justice exerce tous les pouvoirs que lui confère la loi afin de protéger ses droits en tant que citoyen canadien.
La réticence du gouvernement du Canada à s’engager publiquement à assurer la protection du Professeur DIAB a pour effet de le laisser, ainsi que sa famille, dans une situation d’incertitude prolongée, sous la menace d’une éventuelle nouvelle demande d’extradition.
Nous vous remercions de l’attention soutenue que vous voudrez bien accorder à cette question urgente touchant à la justice et aux droits de la personne, et nous vous prions d’agréer, Monsieur le Premier Ministre, l’expression de notre très haute considération.
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| Elizabeth Block | Independent Jewish Voices; Quakers |
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| Martin Klein | Professor emeritus Universty of Toronto |
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| Linda Taffs | Canadian Quaker |
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| Davis & Rhonda Costas-Mirza | Teachers4Palestine |
| Ellen Judd | Distinguished Professor Emerita |
| Linda Belanger | Canadian citizen |
| Dorcas Gordon | Principal Emerita |
| Michael Byers | Professor, University of British Columbia |
| Gordon Timbers | Rev. |
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| Gregory Kealey | Emeritus Professor of History, University. of New Brunswick |
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| Judith Goldschmidt | Independent Jewish Voices |
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| Marc Bégin | Teacher (retired) / Vancouver School Board |
| judy haiven | retired professor |
| Luin Goldring | Professor Emerita, Sociology, York University |
| Cheryl Gaster | Human Rights Lawyer (Retired) |
| Eduardo Gonzalez Castillo | Professor |
| Linda Green | Ms. |
| Janet Berketa | Rev. Cherag, Inayati Sufi Order |
| Linda Kealely | Professor Emerita, University of New Brunswick |
| Frances Deverell | Rev. |
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| Lori Otte | Director of Congregational Life Unitarian Fellowship of London |
| Reg Whitaker | Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, York University |
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| D Gillian Thompson | Professor Emerita, University of New Brunswick |
| Lisa Forman | Ms. |
| Norman Horofker | Unitarian Universalist Minister Retired |
| SUZAN ILCAN | Professor, University of Waterloo |
| Marcia Macaulay | Associate Professor/York University |
| Shin Imai | Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Jennie Hornosty | Professor, Sociology (retired) |
| peter Larson | Ph.D, Queens Jubilee Medal |
| Amina Hussain | Assistant Professor |
| Annette Lengyel | Human rights advocate |
| Sheila Laursen | retired |
| Peter R Lake | MD Retired |
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| Eric Lalonde | Dr |
| David Lyon | Professor Emeritus, Queen's University FRSC FAcSS |
| John Liss | lawyer |
| Janice Acton | citizen |
| Susan Johnson | Retired, international humanitarian |
| Anne-Marie Livingstone | Concerned Citizen |
| Beatriz Juarez | Associate Professor Carleton University |
| John Gordon | MD. |
| Trudo Lemmens | Professor |
| Robert Fox | Human Rights Advocate |
| Thomas Kemple | Professor of Sociology, The University of British Columbia |
| Jacques Emond | Lawyer |
| Rashmi Luther | Retired Professor - School of Social Work, Carleton University |
| Dan Irving | Associate Professor Carleton University |
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| Brian Parnega | Mediator/Arnitrator |
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| Tess Hooks | lecturer emerita |
| Heather Menzies | writer |
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| Eric Schiller | Ottawa Quakers |
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| Patrick Kavanagh | Canadian citizen |
| Michael Bossin | retired lawyer & law professor |
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| Azar Masoumi | Carleton University |
| Marsha Rampersaud | Assistant Professor, York University |
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| Khaled Mouammar | Former Member of the Immigration and Refugee Board |
| Patricia McRae | Teacher |
| Shannonbrooke Murphy | Endowed Chair and Associate Professor in Human Rights, St Thomas University |
| Linda Matthews | Ms. |
| Jean-Michel Landry | Associate Professor |
| Maritza Felices-Luna | Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa |
| Alan Pickersgill | Citizen concerned about Justice for ALL Citizens |
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| Tim McSorley | National Coordinator, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group |
| Elizabeth May | Member of Parliament |
| Eric Mykhalovskiy | Professor, York University |
| Amir M. Maasoumi | Sociologist, Peace ambassador |
| Beth Martin | Associate Professor, Carleton University |
| Catherine Zink | Ms. |
| Bob Goodfellow | Executive Consultant & International Human Rights Advocate |
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| Janice Paquette | retired sociology teacher |
| Michael Mopas | Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University |
| Jacqueline Kennelly | Professor, Carleton University |
| Danielle Dinovelli-Lang | Associate Professor, Carleton University |
| Frances Combs | Rev |
| Diana Ralph | Ph.D. |
| Donna Patrick | Professor, Carleton Univeristy |
| Justin Piché | Full Professor, Criminology, University of Ottawa |
| Kathleen Copps | retired teacher MEd |
| Kim Jackson | Dr |
| Susan Murdock | Activist |
| Mary Liston | Associate Professor, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia |
| Justin Paulson | Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University |
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| Margaret Rao | Retired teacher |
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| Mary Ann Higgs | Lawyer |
| Carl Rosenberg | Independent Jewish Voices Canada |
| Margaret Rossiter | Psychotherapist |
| Cynthia Wright | Associate Professor, York University |
| Tim Gordienko | Activist |
| Natalie Rothman | Professor of History, University of Toronto |
| Steven Ogilvie | Mr. |
| Craig Scott | Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University |
| Greg Albo | Professor Politics York University |
| Dimitri Lascaris | Lawyer and journalist |
| Madalena Santos | Associate Professor, Carleton University |
| John Packer | Associate Professor of Law, University of Ottawa |
| Jérôme Rousseau | Prof. emeritus |
| Margaret Rao | Retired teacher |
| Natasha Tusikov | Associate Professor |
| Jacinthe Michaud | Professor emerita york univervity |
| Pablo Idahosa | Professor Emeritus |
| samia CHALLAL | Dr |
| Stefan Kipfer | Professor, York University |
| Amelie Barras | Associate Prof, York University |
| Marcus Harvey | Dr. |
| Aime Avolonto | Associate Professor/York University |
| Roberto Perin | Professeur émérite York University |
| Malcolm Blincow | Emeritus Associate Professor of Anthropology, York University |
| Valerie Preston | Professor Emerita, York University |
| Esteve Morera | Professor Emeritus, York University |
| Esteve Morera | Professor Emeritus, York University |
| John Simoulidis | Professor |
| Stuart Ryan | Unifor 567 |
| Lorna Erwin | Professor Emeritus |
| Anne Dowson | Unifor 567, Canadian Health Coalition |
| Ben Lefebvre | Retired |
| Nawal Copty | Software Engineer |
| Douglas Booker | International Human Rights Activist |
| Ken Clavette | Historian |
| Robert Ryan | Mr. |
| Adrian Smith | Associate Professor, York University |
| Derek Silva | Professor, King's University College |
| Harry Smaller | hsmaller@edu.yorku.ca |
| Sid Shniad | Independent Jewish Voices Canada |
| Alexis Shotwell | Professor, Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton University |
| Murray Smith | Professor Emeritus, Brock University |
| Alnoor Jamani | Mr. |
| Momin Rahman | Professor/ Trent University |
| Harini Sivalingam | Lawyer |
| Xan Dagenais | Communications and Research Coordinator, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group |
| Linda Taffs | Quaker |
| Jase Tanner | Independent Jewish Voices |
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| Bushra Qureshi | Miss |
| Paul Berger | Associate Professor, Lakehead University |
| James Moore | Mr. |
| Chris Carson | Mr. |
| Peter Carver | Mr. |
| Ken Collier | Prof. (retired) |
| Evelyn Violini | Ms |
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| Gary Mills | Mr. |
| Jaden Dela Rosa | PhD Student/University of Manitoba |
| Lyba Spring | Ms. |
| Marie Lloyd | Independent Jewish Voices:Zen Buddhist |
| Cathy Cronin | N/A |
| Annie Cassells | Ms |
| Deb Stewardson | Mrs. |
| Penni Stewart | Associate Professor Emeritus, York University |
| Lawrence Sutherland | Mr. |
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