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After years of injustice, Canada should bring Hassan Diab home

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This week, a French judge decided to order the release of Hassan Diab while an investigation into his case continues. It is both ironic and embarrassing to see a French judge decide to do what a Canadian judge should have done many years ago: order Hassan Diab a free man!

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A Canadian in Paris: Hassan Diab's indefinite jail journey

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Hassan Diab: Last stop on the railroad
By
J. Baglow
| November 13, 2014

Apparently caving in to the current anti-terrorist panic, the Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the appeal of fellow-citizen Hassan Diab against his extradition to France for alleged involvement in the rue Copernic bombing of a synagogue in Paris.

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