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<h1 class="gmail-blog-single-title">IJV Stands with
Hassan Diab: No Evidence, No New Trial</h1>
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<p>Independent Jewish Voices is calling for
immediate action by the Canadian government
after a French court ruled on January 27th,
2021, to proceed to trial in the case of
Canadian professor Dr. Hassan Diab. Dr. Diab
was accused of acts of terrorism in relation
to the bombing of a Paris synagogue in 1980
– accusations that turned out to be
groundless.</p>
<p>It is outrageous that a French court of
appeal has <a
href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hassan-diab-france-1.5888310?fbclid=IwAR1WhNgQKIiuwMPP8j6JNieMR_9SQVD8ozjQ51wwLEKrC50gAtBpvEh84A4"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
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the dismissal</a> of the case against
Hassan Diab and to order a trial. There has
been no new evidence introduced, and nothing
that changes the decision from three years
ago when the investigating judges released
him without charge. </p>
<p>For three years, Dr. Diab <a
href="https://iclmg.ca/diab-webcomic/"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"
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French prison</a>, away from his family,
in near solitary confinement, while the
French prosecution investigated. Three
years, and the French prosecution could not
make a case for even charging him, let alone
going to trial.</p>
<p>The families of the victims of the Paris
synagogue bombing deserve justice, but
dragging a clearly innocent man through
another baseless legal proceeding will bring
justice to no one. As Amélie Lefebvre, one
of Diab’s criminal lawyers in France, points
out, the right “to have the real
perpetrators accountable is not a right that
could be satisfied in any way with the trial
of a man who is innocent and for whom we
have so [much] evidence that show his
innocence.”</p>
<p><strong>IJV is calling on the Canadian
government to take the following three
actions: </strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and
Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau must
intervene with their French counterparts
to put a stop to this endless, Kafkaesque
affair.</li>
<li>The Prime Minister must put into action
his <a
href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hassan-diab-extradition-france-1.5226033"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer
noopener" moz-do-not-send="true">statement
of June 20, 2018</a>, that what happened
to Dr. Diab should never happen again, and
commit to not extraditing him to France a
second time.</li>
<li>The government must immediately initiate
steps to reform its extradition laws to
ensure that no other person is forced to
suffer through the same ordeal as Dr. Diab
ever again.</li>
</ol>
<p>IJV will continue to stand with Dr. Diab,
his partner Rania, their children and the
Justice for Hassan Diab Support Committee
until this matter is resolved and Dr. Diab
is completely free.</p>
<p>For more information and updates on Hassan
Diab’s case, visit: <a
href="http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.justiceforhassandiab.org</a>.</p>
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