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Pretendians

Episode 6: The Trial

Pretendians

Canadaland

True Crime, Unknown, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Back in Canada, Hassan Diab’s life is hanging in limbo. He may be arrested at any moment, and Canada’s government won’t ensure his safety. What does justice mean for the victims of the Copernic attack, and what does it mean for Diab and his supporters?


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0:00.0

Canada Land, funded by you.

0:06.5

Who's abducting 100,000 children in China each year?

0:10.9

And how was a cult where pedophilia, murder and torture were commonplace,

0:15.0

allowed to operate in Chile for nearly four decades?

0:19.0

At True Crime Reports, a new video podcast from Al Jazeera,

0:22.7

we'll investigate these stories from the Global South and beyond. True crimes that often haven't

0:28.0

reached the headlines in the West. I'm Halimohydine. In each episode, we'll take you to a

0:33.6

different country. You'll hear from experts and first-hand accounts from those right at the

0:38.9

heart of these stories. True Crime Reports. Find us under Al Jazeera's YouTube channel podcast tab

0:45.6

and wherever you get your podcasts. Last time on the Copernic affair.

0:55.9

At night, they put me on the plane and here we go.

0:59.8

You feel or you wish if the plane goes down, I don't care anymore now.

1:04.9

Hassan Zab was extradited to France and sent to one of Europe's most notorious prisons

1:09.4

on the outskirts of Paris.

1:11.3

The guards in France would ask me sometimes, you know, why you talk to me and you don't look

1:17.6

me in the eye? I said, because I don't see you. You don't exist. He was held there for more

1:23.6

than a year awaiting trial. Then, a twist of fate.

1:28.2

Bang, they changed the judge.

1:30.4

Two new judges were assigned to reinvestigate his case.

1:34.3

And I said, guys, I will give you a chance.

1:37.1

I will talk to you.

1:38.3

I hope you're not biased.

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