The Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Paris welcomed a decision by Canada to extradite to France Hassan Diab, who is a suspect in a deadly Paris synagogue bombing, after the Canadese Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal.
Diab, 60, an Ottawa university instructor, was extradited from Canada to Paris on Friday.
As is usual in applications for leave to appeal, the court did not give reasons for its decision.
French authorities allege Diab was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. They claim he took part in the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue, on rue Copernic, that killed four people and injured more than 40 others. The bomb exploded on the final day of a Jewish festival, just before a crowd was due to emerge from the synagogue.
Evidence was based on a flawed handwriting analysis comparing Diab’s writing with that found on a Paris hotel registration card in 1980.
Diab, a Canadian citizen, has repeatedly denied the allegations. He and his legal team appealed an extradition order over what they describe as crucial questions about the use of untested intelligence in a criminal prosecution.
In arguments filed with the Supreme Court, lawyers for the sociology instructor said France's reliance on secret information raises fundamental issues of constitutionality and procedural fairness.