Comments on: Diab Case Poses Serious Threat to Canadian Rights and Freedoms http://prism-magazine.com/2010/02/diab-case-poses-serious-threat-to-canadian-rights-and-freedoms/ News and Views That Matter Thu, 17 May 2012 18:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Ogilvie http://prism-magazine.com/2010/02/diab-case-poses-serious-threat-to-canadian-rights-and-freedoms/comment-page-1/#comment-5186 Steve Ogilvie Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:34:51 +0000 http://prism-magazine.com/?p=653#comment-5186 I am getting more and more disturbed by this present government. What has happened to the Charter of Rights and the rule of law? This so called "war on terrorism" is destroying the fabric of Canadian rights and freedoms and it seems the average "Joe" doesn't care... I am also surprised that Carleton University was allowed to fire him and there was not an uproar! I agree with other commentors, if his name was Dr. Smith would all of this be happening, would he still be working? Frightening... I am getting more and more disturbed by this present government. What has happened to the Charter of Rights and the rule of law?

This so called "war on terrorism" is destroying the fabric of Canadian rights and freedoms and it seems the average "Joe" doesn't care…

I am also surprised that Carleton University was allowed to fire him and there was not an uproar! I agree with other commentors, if his name was Dr. Smith would all of this be happening, would he still be working?

Frightening…

]]> By: cheats http://prism-magazine.com/2010/02/diab-case-poses-serious-threat-to-canadian-rights-and-freedoms/comment-page-1/#comment-1737 cheats Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:20:53 +0000 http://prism-magazine.com/?p=653#comment-1737 Thanks for sharing that link... but unfortunately it looks to be down? Anybody have a mirror? Thanks for sharing that link… but unfortunately it looks to be down? Anybody have a mirror?

]]> By: Tom Johnston http://prism-magazine.com/2010/02/diab-case-poses-serious-threat-to-canadian-rights-and-freedoms/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Tom Johnston Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:53:23 +0000 http://prism-magazine.com/?p=653#comment-947 I doubt that the government would even be entertaining the thought of extradition if Dr Diab's name had been Dr Smith. The fact of the matter is that the conservative government has repeatedly refused to act on the behalf of muslim citizens such as the Somali born Canadian woman Suaad Hagi Mohamud or Abousfian Abdelrazik who was only returned home after some legal trickery by the Liberals and NDP. I have yet to here of a similiar case where a wasp has had Canada turn it's back and go out of their way to avoid their responsibilities to their citizens I doubt that the government would even be entertaining the thought of extradition if Dr Diab's name had been Dr Smith. The fact of the matter is that the conservative government has repeatedly refused to act on the behalf of muslim citizens such as the Somali born Canadian woman Suaad Hagi Mohamud or Abousfian Abdelrazik who was only returned home after some legal trickery by the Liberals and NDP.

I have yet to here of a similiar case where a wasp has had Canada turn it's back and go out of their way to avoid their responsibilities to their citizens

]]> By: Jay Macpherson http://prism-magazine.com/2010/02/diab-case-poses-serious-threat-to-canadian-rights-and-freedoms/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Jay Macpherson Thu, 13 May 2010 22:48:46 +0000 http://prism-magazine.com/?p=653#comment-437 As a Carleton graduate and an academic myself, I am consternated to hear that Carleton would fire a lecturer improbably (it appears) accused of a thirty-year-old crime. Has he no colleagues to speak up for him? the place should show more guts. As a Carleton graduate and an academic myself, I am consternated to hear that

Carleton would fire a lecturer improbably (it appears) accused of a thirty-year-old crime. Has he no colleagues to speak up for him? the place should show more guts.

]]> By: Edward R. Nieuwland http://prism-magazine.com/2010/02/diab-case-poses-serious-threat-to-canadian-rights-and-freedoms/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Edward R. Nieuwland Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:37:07 +0000 http://prism-magazine.com/?p=653#comment-121 With great surprise I learned about the case of Dr. Hassan Diab who is threatened to be extradited to France on accusation of involvement in the Paris synagogue bombing 30 years ago. What is really disturbing is that all the "evidence" is based upon undisclosed Intelligence information and handwriting analysis of a few written words, which is notoriously unreliable. Dr. Hassan Diab is not only accused of this crime but already convicted! Since he lost his job teaching at the university and moreover is committed to house arrest for the surveillance of which he has to pay himself! Thinking this over I come to the conclusion that somewhere overzealous French officials want to score in this stone-cold case which they could never solve and have now come up with fabricated(?) evidence !! It is very disappointing that Canadian law allows all of this to happen to a Canadian citizen, it seems that nobody within the judicial system wants to burn his fingers with this case, hence the endless delays, at the expense of Dr. Diab. I wish Dr. Diab strength and success in his case and for a quick recurrence to common sense within the judiciary. With great surprise I learned about the case of Dr. Hassan Diab who is threatened to be extradited to France on accusation of involvement in the Paris synagogue bombing 30 years ago. What is really disturbing is that all the "evidence" is based upon undisclosed Intelligence information and handwriting analysis of a few written words, which is notoriously unreliable. Dr. Hassan Diab is not only accused of this crime but already convicted! Since he lost his job teaching at the university and moreover is committed to house arrest for the surveillance of which he has to pay himself!

Thinking this over I come to the conclusion that somewhere overzealous French officials want to score in this stone-cold case which they could never solve and have now come up with fabricated(?) evidence !!

It is very disappointing that Canadian law allows all of this to happen to a Canadian citizen, it seems that nobody within the judicial system wants to burn his fingers with this case, hence the endless delays, at the expense of Dr. Diab. I wish Dr. Diab strength and success in his case and for a quick recurrence to common sense within the judiciary.

]]> By: Rabbi Arie Chark http://prism-magazine.com/2010/02/diab-case-poses-serious-threat-to-canadian-rights-and-freedoms/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Rabbi Arie Chark Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:33:38 +0000 http://prism-magazine.com/?p=653#comment-109 Canadians face severe erosions of civil liberty. Dr Diab's case is only one among many. I lived in Montreal when 9/11 occurred, and the response of many institutions was astonishingly stupid. My grand-daughter's daycare centre, for example, closed. I had a severe chat with the daycare director and informed her about basic security protocols, in which I am highly experienced, and it was futile. I even had the security director of the university speak to her. That also got me nowhere. He agreed with me, but that's faint comfort. I am a staunch defender of Hassan, and have taken a great deal of flack in the Jewish community for it. I have had trusted Jewish leaders come up to me and tell me that if Hassan is innocent he has nothing to fear from turning himself into the French authorities. These would be the same French authorities, I countered, who sent Alfred Dreyfus to Devil's Island? The same French authorities who have banned any recognisable symbol of religion in the public sphere? The same French authorities who are asking handwriting analysts to lie -- and who are being caught by internationally renowned experts at it, one of whom is a trusted handwriting analyst used by the RCMP? We live in a McCarthy-esque era, one I hope we overcome quickly. Canadians face severe erosions of civil liberty. Dr Diab's case is only one among many. I lived in Montreal when 9/11 occurred, and the response of many institutions was astonishingly stupid. My grand-daughter's daycare centre, for example, closed. I had a severe chat with the daycare director and informed her about basic security protocols, in which I am highly experienced, and it was futile. I even had the security director of the university speak to her. That also got me nowhere. He agreed with me, but that's faint comfort.

I am a staunch defender of Hassan, and have taken a great deal of flack in the Jewish community for it. I have had trusted Jewish leaders come up to me and tell me that if Hassan is innocent he has nothing to fear from turning himself into the French authorities. These would be the same French authorities, I countered, who sent Alfred Dreyfus to Devil's Island? The same French authorities who have banned any recognisable symbol of religion in the public sphere? The same French authorities who are asking handwriting analysts to lie — and who are being caught by internationally renowned experts at it, one of whom is a trusted handwriting analyst used by the RCMP?

We live in a McCarthy-esque era, one I hope we overcome quickly.

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