Hassan Diab supporters fear changing political climate could hurt chances of fair trial
(WorldNews Canada)

Supporters of Hassan Diab, the former University of Ottawa professor who remains imprisoned in France after his extradition two years ago, fear for his right to fair process in the face of rising nationalism and Islamophobia in a country that doesn`t want to appear `soft` on terror. Diab, 63, a Lebanese-born Canadian citizen, was arrested eight years ago in Ottawa on murder charges from a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue. Diab denies he was in France at the time of the bombing and says he is a victim of mistaken identity. He was extradited to France despite Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger expressing grave concerns the evidence presented against Diab was `convoluted and...