In a new letter, over 130 members of the legal community say extradition must not be used as \u0022an instrument of persecution and scapegoating\u0022
Under the first step in the Canadian extradition process, Justice Department officials decide whether or not to issue what is known as an “authority to proceed” to the next step.
“There is great political pressure in France for someone, apparently anyone, to be convicted for this terrible crime,” the letter says, adding that “it appears a conviction was inevitable, despite the lack of an actual case. In the view of the undersigned, this cannot stand.” Following lengthy proceedings that wound their way to the Supreme Court of Canada, Diab was extradited to France where he spent three years behind bars, including time in solitary confinement.
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