Diab’s health card and Ontario driver’s licence were returned, but his citizenship certificate was not returned and was later sent to France, where he spent three years behind bars until the allegations were dismissed. Continue reading
An external probe into the extradition of the Ottawa academic was released Friday. Continue reading
Federal prosecutors who worked on the case did their jobs ethically and within the law, the review states. Continue reading
The federal government is expected to release findings today of an independent review of an extradition that resulted in Ottawa professor Hassan Diab spending three years in a French jail. Continue reading
The French Court of Appeal’s decision sparked immediate rebukes from Diab, his lawyer and human-rights groups, as well as fresh calls for Ottawa to launch a public inquiry into Diab’s case. Continue reading
An external probe will examine why Hassan Diab was extradited to France despite serious red flags raised repeatedly about the evidence presented by French prosecutors. Continue reading
Diab and his lawyer are calling for a public inquiry and a review of extradition laws to determine why a Canadian was sent to France and held without charges for three years despite flimsy evidence. Continue reading
A Lebanese-Canadian academic accused over the deadly 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue is to be freed from custody after the case was dismissed for lack of evidence, legal sources said Friday. Continue reading
Hassan Diab’s lawyer says the former Ottawa sociology professor has been charged with first-degree murder in France. Continue reading
An Ottawa sociology professor is a big step closer to being extradited to France for questioning about the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue. Continue reading