A woman carries a flag of the Socialist Kanak National Liberation Front (FLNKS) during a demonstration against the enlargement of the electorate for the forthcoming provincial elections in New Caledonia, in Noumea, on April 13, 2024. Nearly 32,000 independents (15,000) and non-independents (17,000) gather on April 13, 2024, according to the police, for the expansion of the electorate for the upcoming provincial elections in New Caledonia. The constitutional bill to open the electorate to people who have been resident in the territory for at least ten years is currently before Parliament and has reignited tensions between supporters of independence and its opponents. (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP) AFP - THEO ROUBY
An indigenous Kanak pro-independence activist from the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia said Monday that he considered himself a "political prisoner" as authorities held him in jail in mainland France pending charges over a wave of deadly rioting.
Christophe Tein, 56, is leader of the CCAT pro-independence group, accused by Paris of orchestrating the weeks of unrest. The group's members deny the accusation.
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