[Fdu] Parliamentary Petition for Prof Hassan Diab's Bail

[Cynthia Wright]

Dear Friend,

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 Bring Hassan Home 
<http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/bring-hassan-home>_campaign_.

If you haven't done so already, *we urge you to sign our new* 
*Parliamentary petition* 
<https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-833>/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. /The petition can be signed by Canadian citizens or residents 
and is accessed at the following page:

*https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-833*
*
*This petition focuses on the specific issue of bail, given that Hassan 
has been ordered released on bail *FOUR TIMES* 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.

William Bourdon, Hassan’s lawyer in France 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.”

The***Parliamentary petition* 
<https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-833>**will 
make the Canadian Government pay attention to Hassan's case and give 
impetus to protect a citizen abroad.

*Our goal is to reach at least 5,000 signatures.* So please *share the 
**Parliamentary petition* 
<https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-833>**with 
your family, friends, and social media,**so we can achieve the greatest 
number of signatures possible before the petition closes on July 11th.

Thank you again for your support!

Best regards,

Donald Pratt
*Hassan Diab Support Committee*
justiceforhassandiab.org <http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/>
Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/justiceforhassandiab/>| 
Twitter <https://twitter.com/JusticeForHDiab>


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