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Dear supporters,
For the past year, Dr. Hassan Diab has been detained in the largest prison in Europe and denied bail, even though no decision has been made about whether (or not) to refer his case to trial. Under French law, Hassan can be detained for years as the case is investigated. In many ways, his case is a set-up for wrongful conviction based on allegations — not facts — that a Canadian judge admitted would never stand up in a Canadian court of law.
A new documentary is being made about Hassan’s case. Several interviews have already been filmed and more will follow. The plan is to use interviews and other information to put the documentary together — a process that takes several weeks of work. In the meantime, we have a short teaser based on excerpts from interviews with Dr. Rania Tfaily (Hassan’s wife) and Don Bayne (Hassan’s Canadian lawyer). To see the teaser, please visit:
http://igg.me/at/diab-doc-2015
We are about three quarters of the way towards our goal of raising $15,000 to cover the cost of the documentary. Please consider contributing to our Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to help us publicize Hassan’s case and prevent his wrongful conviction.
To donate, please visit: http://igg.me/at/diab-doc-2015 and click on the “CONTRIBUTE NOW” button (you have the option to donate anonymously). Any amount — no matter how small — helps. Donations in excess of $15,000 will go towards Hassan’s legal defence.
A big Thank You to everyone who has donated already.
Please share the above page with your friends and networks.
Thank you.
The Nightmare (by Hassan Diab)
It is dark; it is night
I lay awake waiting
For the nightmare to end
It is light; it is day
The nightmare is still there
Always there; at all times
I eat; I read; I sleep and
The nightmare is my companion
It never leaves me
I beg, I plead, but it never goes away
Sometimes I see slight glimpses of my old life
So much has changed; so much has been lost
I wonder how and why
I wonder when the truth will shine
I wonder when I will be free
Hassan Diab Support Committee
Web: http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org
Email: diabsupport@gmail.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/friendsofhassandiab
Twitter: http://twitter.com/friendsofhdiab
Blog: http://friendsofhassandiab.blogspot.com
Friends,
Imagine you are arrested in Canada, detained, and extradited to France even though your physical description, finger and palm prints, and handwriting do not match the suspect in a decades-old bombing in Paris. That is the nightmare being lived by Dr. Hassan Diab, a Canadian citizen from Ottawa, and his family.
For the past year, Dr. Diab has been detained in the largest prison in Europe and still has not been charged. Under French law, he can be kept significantly longer as the case is investigated. In many ways, this case is a set-up for wrongful conviction based on allegations (not facts) that Canadian judges admitted would never stand up in a Canadian court of law.
As Gerald Caplan writes in The Globe and Mail, in France, Hassan is being subjected to an unjust legal process that is using discredited evidence and unsourced secret intelligence against him.
I have the pleasure of knowing Dr. Diab and his family, and believe him to be both the victim of mistaken identity as well as racial profiling in the so-called war on terror.
While friends and family continue to fight for his freedom, a new film is being made on his case. The goal is to raise $15,000 by December 20, and the campaign is already halfway there. Please donate to the film's crowdfunding campaign and share the page with your friends and networks:
http://igg.me/at/diab-doc-2015
The film will not only help expose the injustice of Hassan Diab's situation, but also wake up Canadians to the dangers that are continually posed by C-51 and the state security agencies who use such legislation to harass, intimidate, and repress targeted communities at home and abroad.
Please donate whatever you can and help end this injustice and reunite this family.
Peace,
Matthew Behrens
Homes not Bombs
http://www.homesnotbombs.ca
Matthew Behrens is a freelance writer and social justice advocate who coordinates the Homes not Bombs non-violent direct action network.
Dear all,
Hassan Diab is a Canadian citizen who is at serious risk of wrongful conviction for a crime he did not commit. As Gerald Caplan writes in The Globe and Mail, in France, Hassan is being subjected to an unjust legal process that is using discredited evidence and unsourced intelligence against him.
The Hassan Diab Support Committee is working on publicizing Hassan’s case nationally and internationally by producing a documentary about the case for online sharing and public showings.This documentary will help us spread the word and bring justice and freedom for an innocent man.
Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign and share the page with your friends and networks:
http://igg.me/at/diab-doc-2015
Our goal is to raise CAD $15,000 by December 20, 2015, to fund the documentary. Any donation, no matter how small, will help achieve our goal.
We encourage you to donate early in the campaign, since a strong start is the biggest predictor of a successful campaign. Any donations in excess of $15,000 will go towards Hassan’s legal defence.
Thank you.
Hassan Diab Support Committee
Web: http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org
Email: diabsupport@gmail.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/friendsofhassandiab
Twitter: http://twitter.com/friendsofhdiab
Blog: http://friendsofhassandiab.blogspot.com
Dear all,
It has been one year since Hassan was extradited to France based on discredited “evidence” that the Canadian judge himself described as “very problematic” and “suspect”. Hassan is still under investigation in France. He sits alone in a jail cell thousands of miles away from his family, friends and home. Hassan’s applications for bail with house arrest and electronic monitoring have been repeatedly denied. The unsourced intelligence and the discredited handwriting analysis reports that France withdrew from the Canadian proceeding because of their unreliability are now being used against Hassan in France.
We are working on publicizing Hassan’s case nationally and internationally by producing a good quality documentary about the case for online sharing and public showings. We will be launching a crowdfunding campaign on November 12, 2015, to fundraise for this documentary.
Please consider making a donation – no matter how small - to the crowdfunding campaign. We also ask that you write to your friends and family about the campaign and share the link to the campaign with them (we will send the link in the next couple of days). We aim to raise $15,000 to cover the expenses of making the documentary. Donations in excess of this amount will go to cover Hassan’s legal defense fees.
Thank you for your continued support!
Hassan Diab Support Committee
Web: http://www.justiceforhassandiab.org
Email: diabsupport@gmail.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/friendsofhassandiab
Twitter: http://twitter.com/friendsofhdiab
Blog: http://friendsofhassandiab.blogspot.com
“It is incumbent on civil society, both in Europe and North America, to continue to pressure our governments to demand the immediate release of Diab, who has been the victim of faulty evidence, and could become the victim of a wrongful conviction - unless we intervene in time.
France must drop this case against Diab and continue pursuing the actual perpetrators of this horrific crime, so that the victims can receive their overdue justice. Canada must demand the return home of a citizen, father, husband, teacher and friend, who is awaiting justice after what he describes as a ‘Kafkaesque nightmare’.”
Read the full article:
Civil society must prevent Hassan Diab's wrongful conviction, By Tyler Levitan, Al-Arab Al-Jadeed, 22 May, 2015
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