Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in French jail

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On Tuesday 8 April, the Court of Cassation decided to dismiss Christian Tein's appeal. Kanak's independent leader challenged a ruling of the Nouméa Court of Appeal to keep him in detention in Mulhouse. His lawyers did not exclude international appeals.

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Incarcerated since June 2024, Mr. Tein, figure of the Kanak independence movement, is charged with complicity in attempted murder and armed gang robbery.

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Paris, 8 Apr 2025 (AFP) – On Tuesday, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeal of Christian Tein, a figure of the Caledonian independence movement that challenged his pre-trial detention in the city, learned the AFP from a judicial source. Incarcerated at the Mulhouse-Lutterbach prison (Haut-Rhin) since June 2024, Christian Tein is charged with seven counts, [...]