e-3400 (Foreign affairs)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Prime Minister
- Canadian citizen Hassan Diab was extradited to France in 2014, in a case widely acknowledged as a miscarriage of justice;
- Hassan’s extradition was based on a discredited handwriting analysis (“Bisotti report”), described by the extradition judge as “very problematic” and “suspect”;
- There is significant evidence which exculpates Hassan, including exculpatory fingerprint and palmprint evidence;
- Hassan was held in France, without charge, mostly in solitary confinement, from 2014 to 2018;
- French investigating judges found “consistent evidence” supporting Hassan’s innocence, concluded that he could not have been in France at the time of the 1980 bombing, and ordered his release;
- The French prosecutor appealed the Order of Dismissal against Hassan, and a new handwriting analysis was ordered;
- The new analysis agreed with defense handwriting experts that the Bisotti report used an improper methodology and is unreliable;
- Despite all evidence, in January 2021, a French Court of Appeal overturned Hassan’s release and ordered a trial;
- Aggressive lobbying in France has fostered political pressure for further prosecution and scapegoating of Hassan; and
- On 20 June 2018, PM Trudeau declared that “we have to recognise that what happened to [Hassan] never should have happened… and make sure that it never happens again.”
- Open for signature
- May 10, 2021, at 6:22 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 9, 2021, at 6:22 p.m. (EDT)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
---|---|
Alberta | 50 |
British Columbia | 183 |
Manitoba | 14 |
New Brunswick | 14 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 10 |
Northwest Territories | 2 |
Nova Scotia | 29 |
Nunavut | 1 |
Ontario | 847 |
Prince Edward Island | 3 |
Quebec | 127 |
Saskatchewan | 19 |
Yukon | 1 |