New Caledonia Indigenous Independence Leader Transferred to Mainland France for Pretrial Detention NICE, France (AP) — A pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia ...

A French appeals court ordered New Caledonia pro-independence leader Christian Tein freed from prison on Thursday, affirming ...

Christian Tein was flown to mainland France after being charged with New Caledonia riots that killed over a dozen people. He ...

NICE, France (AP) — Members of a pro-independence movement in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia demanded on Monday the “release and immediate return” of the Indigenous Kanak ...

NICE, France — A pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia was transferred to a jail in mainland France to await trial on charges relating to two weeks of unrest ...

A Paris appeals court has released from detention in mainland France Christian Tein, a leader of the Knak independence ...

NICE, France (AP) — A pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia was transferred to a prison facility in mainland France to await trial on charges relating to two ...

New Caledonia became French in 1853 under Emperor Napoleon III, Napoleon’s nephew and heir. It became an overseas territory after World War II, with French citizenship granted to all Kanaks in 1957.