France’s case against Ottawa academic Hassan Diab in connection with a bombing outside a Paris synagogue 40 years ago will go to trial in 2023 — more than five years after he was set free due to a lack of evidence.
Last year, France’s court of appeal overturned a lower court decision to release Diab and allow him to return to Canada. France’s top court later rejected Diab’s appeal and ordered him to stand trial. That trial is set to start on April 3, 2023.
French authorities have not yet requested Diab’s extradition to France to stand trial in person. Diab’s lawyers have said
