Released on 24 February, after seventeen years of imprisonment for the embezzlement of funds, that he has always denied, the Franco-Cameroonian, Michel Thierry Atangana hope to seek compensation for "the injustice" that was done to him.

On 29 April, two months after his release at the end of 17 years in prison, Michel Thierry Atangana met the members of the Working Group of the United Nations on arbitrary detention - which had, on 3 February, asked for an investigation to identify those responsible for the case and pleaded for "compensation relief."

On May 7 in Washington, he was received by Robert P. Jackson, Assistant in the office of African Affairs (the two men notably referred to the situation of Lydienne Yen Eyoum, a franco-cameroonian lawyer detained for four years for embezzlement).

"Atangana’s case" should be addressed at the Summit of United States - Africa, beginning in August, and mentioned in the annual report of the United Nations, in September.