Hundreds of people, including many prominent Canadian professors, lawyers and human rights defenders, have signed an open letter urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help Hassan Diab, detained without trial in a Paris jail. The first paragraph reads,
We address this Open Letter to you to express our deep concern about the unjust situation of Dr. Hassan Diab, the Canadian citizen extradited and detained in France since November 14, 2014. We urge you to remedy this miscarriage of justice and bring Hassan back to his home in Canada.
This letter comes at a low point in the ongoing saga of Professor Diab’s mysterious detention, as the French court of appeal struck down an eighth release order for Diab just this week. Supporters are disappointed but steadfast in the fight to free an innocent man!
To read the letter, view the signatories, or add your name, please click here.
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau:
I urge you to get involved with this situation and bring Professor Hassan Diab back to Canada.
Thank you for speaking out, Sally! I urge you to sign the online letter that will be sent to Prime Minister Trudeau. There are over 500 signatures, as I write this. http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/open-letter-to-prime-minister-trudeau-2017-10#Signatures
I also encourage everyone to watch CBC’s The Current interview, which provides an excellent synopsis of this case. http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1098111043781/
I am perplexed by the lack of progress on Mr. Diab’s case. Please let me know what can be done.
Dear Barbara, One thing that you can do is sign the Open Letter. The link is here: http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org/open-letter-to-prime-minister-trudeau-2017-10#Signatures
This will let the government know that people are watching, and that although Dr. Diab is hidden away in jail, that people still care. Signing the letter, and sharing it, are significant actions that you can take.
Dear Prime Minister,
Please do anything you can to impress on the French Government to have Hassan Diab released fom jail. This is a very sad day when it takes our Prime Minister to plead for Mr. Diab’s case, but there it is. Who else can successfully appeal for his Canadian right to a just trial?