On-going: Hassan Diab; Canada; French courts won't let go in spite of demolishing of French handwriting analysis..."French court delays appeal decision in Hassan Diab case, orders new handwriting analysis," the Globe and Mail reports. Reporter Michelle Zilio..."Mr. Diab’s 2014 extradition to France was ordered based on a handwriting analysis that allegedly linked him to the synagogue bomber. Donald Bayne, Mr. Diab’s lawyer, said this will be the fourth handwriting examination French judges have ordered. “It speaks to something fishy going on behind the scenes, something political about this case," Mr. Bayne said. “There are pressures in France, obviously some of them political, to keep this case going to satisfy some of the public outrage that has been generated."

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Donald Bayne, Mr. Diab’s lawyer, said this will be the fourth handwriting examination French judges have ordered. “It speaks to something fishy going on behind the scenes, something political about this case," Mr. Bayne said. “There are pressures in France, obviously some of them political, to keep this case going to satisfy some of the public outrage that has been generated."

STORY: "French court delays appeal decision in Hassan Diab case, orders new handwriting analysis," by Parliamentary reporter Michelle Zilio, published by The Globe and Mail on November 5, 2018.

GIST: "France’s Court of Appeal has again delayed deciding whether to reverse a release order in the high-profile case of Hassan Diab, a Canadian professor who spent three years in pretrial detention in Paris before French judges dismissed terrorism charges against him. French prosecutors had appealed the dismissal of the charges, and after several delays over the summer, Mr. Diab had been expecting to hear on Friday whether the release order would be quashed and he would be recalled to France for another trial. The news came to the family’s Ottawa home in a phone call around 3:20 a.m. on Friday: The French judges had ordered another review of the handwriting analysis previously presented as evidence against Mr. Diab. “I am very disappointed with the French Court of Appeal’s decision to postpone,” Mr. Diab said during a news conference on Parliament Hill on Friday. “I have spent the last decade of my life either in prison or under draconian bail conditions.” Mr. Diab’s ordeal began in 2008, when the RCMP arrested him at the request of French authorities who accused him of being involved in the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue that killed four people and injured more than 40. He has always denied the allegations. On Friday, the French judges gave an expert until Feb. 15, 2019, to examine the handwriting evidence. Mr. Diab’s 2014 extradition to France was ordered based on a handwriting analysis that allegedly linked him to the synagogue bomber. Donald Bayne, Mr. Diab’s lawyer, said this will be the fourth handwriting examination French judges have ordered. “It speaks to something fishy going on behind the scenes, something political about this case," Mr. Bayne said. “There are pressures in France, obviously some of them political, to keep this case going to satisfy some of the public outrage that has been generated.""

The entire story can be read at;

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/politics/article-french-court-delays-appeal-decision-in-hassan-diab-case-orders-new/

See previous post of this Blog: (February 18, 2011)..."Hassan Diab: Handwriting evidence from prosecution's French expert ruled admissible; Although judge calls it "pseufo-science." Toronto Sun;
 http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/02/hassan-diab-handwriting-evidence-from.html

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