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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dear
Friend,</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
<br>
Thank you for your continued support of Dr. Hassan Diab, the
Canadian sociology
professor who was unjustly extradited and placed in pretrial
detention in
France since November 2014. We especially appreciate your
endorsement of the </span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/bring-hassan-home"
target="_blank">Bring Hassan
Home</a></span><u><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">
campaign</span></u><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">.<br>
<br>
If you haven't done so already, <b>we urge
you to sign our new</b> </span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-833"><b>Parliamentary
petition</b></a></span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <i>calling upon the
Government of Canada to work towards the immediate
granting of bail to Hassan Diab and securing his return to
his family and home
in Canada. </i>The petition can be
signed by Canadian citizens or residents and is accessed at
the following page:<br>
<br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-833">https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-833</a></span></b><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">This
petition
focuses on the specific issue of bail, given that Hassan has
been ordered
released on bail <b>FOUR TIMES</b> by two separate French
judges due to lack of
evidence against him. However, each time the prosecutor
appealed, and the
appeal court judges blocked Hassan's release. Hassan should
be afforded a fair
process and released on bail, as the two judges ordered,
while his case is
pending.<br>
</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
William Bourdon, Hassan’s lawyer in France </span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">remarked: “Hassan
Diab’s situation is unprecedented. After 36
years and since no one else was indicted, the court of
appeal is clinging to
Hassan Diab. He is detained because of the judges’ fear to
be accused for
laxity in the context of today’s fight against terrorism in
France. Such a
situation would be inconceivable in an ordinary law
situation.”<br>
<br>
The<b> </b></span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-833"
target="_blank"><b>Parliamentary petition</b></a></span><b><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></b><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">will
make the Canadian Government pay attention to Hassan's case
and give impetus to
protect a citizen abroad.<br>
<br>
<b>Our goal is to reach at least 5,000 signatures.</b> So
please <b>share the </b></span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-833"
target="_blank"><b>Parliamentary petition</b></a></span><b><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></b><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">with your family,
friends, and social media,<b> </b></span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">so we can achieve the
greatest number of signatures possible
before the petition closes on July 11th.<br>
<br>
Thank you again for your support!<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Donald Pratt<br>
</span><b><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">Hassan
Diab Support Committee</span></b><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(152,72,6)"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a
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href="http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/"
target="_blank">justiceforhassandiab.org</a></span><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <br>
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href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/justiceforhassandiab/"
target="_blank">Facebook</a></span><span
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href="https://twitter.com/JusticeForHDiab" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span><span
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