105. The above cited decisions though delivered in respect of right to assembly is equally relevant and applicable to other rights with restrictive provisions like freedom of expression. 106. The Court is therefore unable to support the justification of the ban on political demonstration by the Respondent which is premised on threat to national security. Neither is it able to legitimise the indefinite duration of the operation of the ban. Having earlier demonstrated the intertwining relationship between freedom of assembly and of expression, the Court has come to the inevitable conclusion that the Order N° 7580 / MINSTSP of 20 July 2011 which bans political demonstrations in the perimeter designated in the same Order violated the right of the Senegalese people as alleged. 107. The Court therefore holds that the Respondent violated the right of the Senegalese people to freedom of expression contrary to Article 9 of the Charter. Allegation of Violation of the right to freedom of assembly 108. The Applicants state that Order N° 7580 / MINSTSP of 20 July 2011 prohibits all demonstrations of a political nature in the entire area between avenue El Hadji Malik Sy and Cap Manuel as well as in the immediate vicinity of the Renaissance Monument and in front of hospitals for "security reasons" with no justification. 109. They argue that the said Order greatly restricts the right of assembly and the right of demonstration of the whole of the Senegalese population who can no longer organise a meeting or rally in the area defined by the order. 34

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