license. The High Authority for the Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC), by two decisions both dated 28 November 2016, disconnected the signals of the radio station SOLEIL FM and the TV channel SIKKA TV. The Applicant alleges that he is the majority shareholder in all these companies. 7. In his application of 27 February 2017, the Applicant indicated that he brought the matter before this Court in the belief that the international drug trafficking case and the subsequent proceedings were part of a conspiracy orchestrated against him and violated his human rights guaranteed and protected by international human rights instruments. 8. Moreover, in October 2018, the Applicant reported the creation by the Respondent State, in July 2018, of a special court to try him once again for the same case of drug trafficking, and actually sentenced him to twenty years in prison. 9. The Applicant argued that the sentences passed against him by CRIET on 18 October 2018 violate the international conventions ratified by the Respondent State and place him in a precarious and extremely serious situation. He also argued that the Respondent State basically violated his right to a fair trial in several respects, citing the following violations: the right to be notified of the charges levelled against him; the right of access to the record of proceedings; the right to have his cause heard by the competent national courts; the right to respect for the principle of reasonable time; the right to respect for the principle of the independence of the judiciary; the right to assistance by Counsel; the right to respect for the principle of non bis in idem and the right to respect for the principle of two-tier jurisdiction. III. SUMMARY OF PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 10. The Request was received at the Registry on 27 February 2017 and was served on the Respondent State on 31 March 2017. By a letter dated 29 May 2017 received at the Registry on 1 June 2017, the Respondent State filed its brief on preliminary objections. 3