Diab committed for extradition in Paris synagogue bombing case By Chris Cobb June 6, 2011 11:46 AM <x-msg://1106/> Hassan Diab, left, walked into the Elgin Street courthouse Monday with his lawyer Donald Bayne. Hassan Diab, left, walked into the Elgin Street courthouse Monday with his lawyer Donald Bayne. Photograph by: Pat McGrath, Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA - Former University of Ottawa professor Hassan Diab was committed for extradition to France by an Ottawa judge on Monday. Diab, who has been living at home under strict bail conditions, was immediately taken into custody. Justice Robert Maranger said that "regrettably" as he had no jurisdiction to grant Diab bail. A separate bail hearing is likely to be held next week. The courtroom was packed with supporters who had earlier rallied outside in a show of support for Diab who they say is a victim of an unfair and un-Canadian legal process. They cheered in support as Diab was led from court on his way to the Ottawa Regional Detention Centre. Diab is now expected to appeal Maranger's decision - a process that could take at least a year. Alleged terrorist Diab is wanted in Paris on murder and attempted murder charges in connection with a bombing of a synagogue in the French capital in Oct. 1980. Maranger called the evidence against Diab "weak", but said the French had shown a prima facie case against Diab and that Canada must expect France to give him a fair trial. The 57-year-old Lebanese-born Canadian says he is the victim of mistaken identity and denies he had any role in the bombing. Diab was arrested in November 2008 at the request of the French government but often-bitter exchanges between his lawyer Donald Bayne and federal Justice department lawyers have punctuated the unusually long extradition hearing. Prosecutors set aside key intelligence evidence during the hearing after Bayne challenged them to prove it had not been gathered through torture. Ultimately, Maranger's decision to commit Diab for extradition appears to have been determined by controversial expert handwriting evidence that the judge himself said was problematic. Three defence forensic handwriting experts agreed that the French evidence was flawed to the point of incompetence, but Maranger said that despite his doubts, the experts had not persuaded him to disallow the evidence. Under extradition law, evidence provided by the country seeking to extradite a Canadian citizen has generally to be presumed reliable by Canadian courts. Because the Diab case has set numerous precedents in its challenge of Canadian extradition law, the case could ultimately rest with the Supreme Court. C Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen Read more: <http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Diab+committed+extradition+Paris+synagogue+bom bing+case/4899853/story.html#ixzz1OVno3waY> http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Diab+committed+extradition+Paris+synagogue+bomb ing+case/4899853/story.html#ixzz1OVno3waY [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
