French citizen sued by his former employer, Thales, has languished in Azerbaijani prisons since 2022

'A forgotten Frenchman in Baku' (1/2). Mehmet Sahan, a French-Turkish dual national who ran Thales's Azerbaijan office for seven years, has been detained in the country since February 2022, following a lawsuit from his former employer. He fears for his life, and his lawyers have called for him to be repatriated.