Tanguy Taller dort depuis plus de 4 ans et demi sur un rebord de béton dans une cellule cambodgienne surpeuplée, bruyante et chaude. La bastonnade a été abandonnée suite à l'intervention de notre consul, mais on ne survit pas avec une poignée de riz et un bol de soupe au concombre. Sous la pression du vrai directeur, il a été accusé par un trafiquant de drogue d'organiser le trafic. Bien que cette fausse déclaration ait été rétractée dès que l'organisateur a été arrêté aux Philippines pour des faits similaires, le tribunal cambodgien s'en tient au verdict initial " prison à vie " Aucune preuve de culpabilité, mais l'accusé ne peut prouver son innocence. Toutes les règles juridiques sont ainsi bafouées pour ne pas avoir à abandonner un "cas symbolique" démontrant la fermeté du Cambodge face aux crimes liés à la drogue et pour ne pas admettre ses propres erreurs de la part de la police et de la justice.

Contrairement à l'affaire Olivier Vandecasteele, notre gouvernement n'intervient pas dans un pays souverain, même s'il s'agit manifestement d'un simulacre de procès avec une Lady Justice cambodgienne aveugle, sourde et corrompue.  

De plus, Tanguy a une compagne cambodgienne, elle-même orpheline et donc sans filet social, et un fils de 5 ans qui dépendent entièrement de lui (et donc maintenant de nous).

Nous pouvons difficilement continuer à faire face seuls à l'explosion des frais de justice, au coût d'un régime carcéral quelque peu vivable et à l'entretien de la famille de Tanguy et nous vous demandons donc votre soutien.

Merci beaucoup, surtout au nom de Tanguy, Alein et Elon.

1972 days.

Or 5 years 4 months and 23 days. That's how long Tanguy has "served" in a Cambodian prison. Over 20 hours per day in a heavily overcrowded cell with less than 10 square feet a person. 
Where the temperature will barely ever drop below 90 degrees in the next four months, sleeping on a concrete floor. If there's no-one helping from the outside, he needs to get by with a bowl of rice and some cucumber soup twice a day. Full stop.  The physical torture might have stopped after the consulate intervened, the mental one is there every day.

1972 days.

And all of this because a drugsmuggler accused Tanguy under pressure from the police and the real organiser. He could have pointed at anyone but Tanguy drew the shortest stick that day. When the actual mastermind got arrested in the Philippines some time later, the smuggler no longer feared for the safety of his own and his mother's life, he confessed he had made false statements and corrected these. Both by means of written statements and by testifying at court.

But all this was to little or no avail. The Cambodian court had made their decision and there is no coming back from that. Their solution was to suggest an ad-hoc transfer treaty shortly after Tanguy's first trial. Fast, easy. No apologies needed, Tanguy gets to go home. Cambodia's classic win-win. 
And then the Belgian Justice comes up with a classic. "There are no legal grounds by which we can transfer a prisoner without a bilateral treaty" Brussels claims. However, it is very well possible and straightforward for the King or the Prime minister in his name, to make an international treaty. Which by the way was not a problem for a Belgian prisoner Olivier Vandecasteele (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Vandecasteele) in Iran in 2023 who had gotten the same type of sharade at court with a similar draconic verdict.

Survival in "Hell" -as locals call the prison- comes at great cost. Emotionally, physically and unfortunately also financially. 
So on top of the day to day help he needs, Tanguy also has a family that is entirely depending on him (and therefore now us). His girlfriend has no family and a job (which in Cambodia means 10-12 hours per day, 6 days a week) is just not feasible if their son Elon is to get a proper education/life.

After 5,5 years and 150000€ it has become very hard to sustain all of this plus the costs the lawyers are bringing which we need to get him out. So we are reaching out to you.

Whether you contribute something small or sizeable, we are very grateful.

As are Tanguy, Alein and Elon.