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Bertrand Zepherin Teyou (born 1969) is a Cameroonian author. == His Book and his arrestment == Teyou is notable for his book ''La Belle de la république bananière : Chantal Biya, de la rue au palais'' (English: "The Belle of the Banana Republic: Chantal Biya, from the Streets to the Palace"), where he traces Mrs. Biya's rise from ordinary origins to become the First Lady of Cameroon. He was imprisoned on charges of insulting Chantal Biya, the wife of President Paul Biya in his book and for trying to hold a public reading of this book. On 3 November 2010, Teyou was arrested at a hotel in Douala where he had organized a book signing; copies of his book were seized and destroyed.〔 On 10 November, he was tried by the High Court (''Tribunal de première instance'') in Douala and found guilty of "insult to character" and organizing an "illegal demonstration".〔 The court sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment or a fine of 2,030,150 CFA francs (approximately 4,425 US dollars).〔 Because he could not pay the fine, he began serving his sentence in New Bell Prison in Douala.〔 The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN protested his trial and called for his immediate release.〔 Amnesty International considered him to be a prisoner of conscience.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bertrand Teyou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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