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The case of Michel Thierry Atangana

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French businessman Michel Thierry Atangana has spent the past 15 years behind bars in Cameroon. In 1997 he was accused of embezzling public funds, put on trial without a lawyer and sentenced to 15 years in jail. A court in the capital Yaoundé will soon decide if he can walk out of prison a free man or remain in his cell for another 15 years. For Mr Atangana’s family, lawyer and many observers of Cameroonian politics, both his trials were purely political.

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Michel Thierry Atangana

by Anonyme - 18/10/2012 - 21:24

If you were fair and a credible source of information you would "the French Cameroonian" business Michel Thierry Atangana. Mr Atangana is a naturelized French citizen of Cameroonian origin. At the time of his arrest his was still a Cameroonina citizen and gained French citizen while in Jail throuh his French wife. It's unbelievable the way the government controlled french media pretend to dictate to African countries what they should do when French neocolonial interests are at stake. Simply shameful and unacceptable!

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