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Hassan Diab (Arabic: حَسَّان دِيَاب, romanized: Hassân Diyâb; born 1 June 1959) is a Lebanese academic, engineer and politician who served as the prime minister of Lebanon from 21 January 2020 to 10 September 2021.
Hassan N. Diab (Arabic: حسن دياب; born November 20, 1953) is a Lebanese-Canadian citizen and sociologist who has been convicted in absentia of having planted the explosive that caused the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing.
Apr 21, 2023 · The Ottawa academic was sentenced to life in prison in absentia by a French court, despite his lawyers' claims of innocence and mistaken identity. Canada will review the verdict and decide whether to extradite him to France, where he faced terrorism charges for over a decade.
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Jan 24, 2022 · The Ottawa academic, accused of involvement in a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue, will face trial in April 2023. He was freed in 2018 due to lack of evidence, but French prosecutors appealed and rejected his alibi.
An academic and politician, the preoccupations of Hassan Diab’s decades-long career include youth empowerment, educational reform, and technocratic governance. From Professor to Lebanese Prime Minister, he entered academia then politics to create positive societal change.
Jan 25, 2022 · France says Lebanese-born sociology professor Hassan Diab was a member of a Palestinian militant group and planted a bomb that killed four and wounded 40. Last year, France's court of appeal...
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Jan 27, 2021 · France's court of appeal has ordered Canadian academic Hassan Diab to stand trial in connection with a 40-year-old bombing attack outside a Paris synagogue — three years after a lower court set...
