French court blocks release of Ottawa academic Hassan Diab for eighth time

For the eighth time, a French appeals court has overturned a judicial order to release on bail former Ottawa university professor Hassan Diab.
Since his extradition from Canada three years ago, four judges have ruled that the 63-year-old Canadian citizen should be released from the maximum-security Paris prison where he has been held on pre-trial detention.
Following a now familiar pattern, an appeals court quashed the latest release order Tuesday.
Lebanon-born Diab is the sole suspect in the Oc