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385:- while he's had some coverage, I don't see why he's really notable. the article was originally created as a soapbox for his claims of unlawful imprisonment; that seems to be the subject's main drive, as judged by the talk page comments and the ongoing issues with legal concerns. While there may be a little more to his story than can be covered under
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406:. Infobox reads "Known for: Imprisonment for embezzelment in Bulgaria". What else is he known for? Unless there is some significant coverage in reliable sources about a potentially wrongful imprisonment, I don't see this as being more than one event. BLP1E.
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Bulgaria. However, how it is currently (and most likely always will be) written the article
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Hi! Here are some links - as you are always saying - here should be both negative and positive sides of the subject. Thta's why I am giving you independent reviews about
Michael Kapoustin, and you can see, that the first article about him is true.
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The story about Maher Arar is also about one event in his life, that has changed everything - why
Michael Kapoustin doesn't have the right to have a story about the event, that changed his life?
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