The Simon Wiesenthal Centre commended the Canadian justice system after it allowed Hassan Diab to be extradited to France on grounds of responsability in the October 1980 Paris Copernic Synagogue bombing.
In a statement, Shimon Samuels, the Simon WiesenthalCentre's Director for International Relations, said: based in Paris :»This all but concludes over two years of legal proceedings and technical stratagems of the defense and now requires only the endorsement of the Canadian Justice Minister.»
«Diab's arrival in Paris will provide the victims and their families with closure after a wait of more than 30 years,» he added.
He said the French tribunal will grant a «fair trial and justice» to the accused, «which, however, can never compensate for the three decades of life and liberty denied to the victims of Copernic.»
The Wiesenthal Centre called on Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to finally allow that justice to take its course.
«We await Diab in Paris with intense anticipation as a blow against global terrorism and anti-Semitism,» Samuels said.