<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div class="moz-forward-container">
<table class="moz-email-headers-table" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT"><br>
</th>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT"><br>
</th>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT"><br>
</th>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT"><br>
</th>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
<br>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div>Please see media advisory below.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>A live stream of the press conference can be followed on
Wednesday June 21, starting at 1:00 pm (EST), on the ICLMG
Facebook page: </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/iclmg.csilc"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>iclmg.csilc</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best regards,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Donald Pratt</div>
for the Hassan Diab Support Committee
<div><b><span
style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span></b></div>
<div><span
style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">------------------------------<wbr>-----</span></div>
</div>
<div><b><span
style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span></b></div>
<div><b><span
style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">MEDIA
ADVISORY<br>
<br>
Tuesday, June 20, 2017<br>
<br>
<u>Hassan Diab Case: New exculpatory evidence and Amnesty
International
Intervention<br>
<br>
</u></span></b><span
style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Strong
new evidence uncovered in the past few
days that could help in the case of Canadian citizen Hassan
Diab, who has been
held in pre-trial custody in France for 2½ years without
charge or trial, will
be the subject of a <b>national press
conference tomorrow.<br>
<br>
</b>Mr. Diab, a Lebanese-Canadian dual national, was
extradited from Canada to
France in November 2014 to face criminal charges in
connection with a 1980
bombing outside a synagogue in Paris. Mr Diab has
consistently professed his
innocence.<br>
<br>
French investigating judges have delivered 6 judicial orders
that Mr. Diab be
released on bail, all of which have been summarily
overturned on appeal. The
most recent release order, on April 24, cited evidence that
indicated Mr. Diab
was in Beirut during the Paris bombing. That order was
quashed on appeal May 2.<br>
<br>
Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International
Canada, and Chantal
Vallerand, of the Canadian Association of University
Teachers, will speak at the
press conference, as will Mr. Diab’s Canadian lawyer and his
spouse. </span><span
style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<br>
</span><span
style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
Hassan Diab Support Committee will present
new evidence, uncovered by the French investigating judge,
of Mr. Diab’s innocence.
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and the
Canadian Civil
Liberties Association will also make statements.<br>
<br>
Amnesty International Canada last week called on the
Canadian government to
intervene and press French authorities to ensure Mr. Diab is
released on bail
without delay. The French Section of Amnesty International
has raised the
organization’s concerns about the case with the French
government.<br>
<br>
<b>When: Wednesday, June 21, 1 p.m.<br>
Where: Charles Lynch Room in Centre Block<br>
<br>
Background<br>
<br>
</b>Ontario Superior Court ordered Mr. Diab’s committal for
extradition in
2011, despite expressing significant reservations about the
reliability of the
evidence. After two failed appeals, he was extradited in
November, 2014.<br>
France’s Court of Appeal has cited apparent flight and
“public disorder” risks
as justifications for quashing the release orders. But Mr.
Diab respected bail
conditions in Canada before his extradition and in France
when he was released
on bail for 10 days in May 2016.<br>
<b><br>
<br>
For more information, please contact Amnesty International
Canada press
officers Sue Montgomery at <a
href="tel:%28613%29%20744-7667" value="+16137447667"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">613-744-7667 ext.
236</a> or <a href="mailto:smontgomery@amnesty.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">smontgomery@amnesty.ca</a>
or Beth
Berton-Hunter, <a href="tel:%28416%29%20363-9933"
value="+14163639933" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">416-363-9933 ext. 332</a>; <a
href="mailto:bberton-hunter@amnesty.ca" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">bberton-hunter@amnesty.ca</a></b><br>
<br>
</span></div>
<div><span
style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span></div>
</div>
<div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
<table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a
href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><img
src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png"
alt="" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="29" width="46"></a></td>
<td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color:
#41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free. <a
href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient"
target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.avg.com</a> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1"
height="1" moz-do-not-send="true"> </a></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>