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139.
The Applicants further pray the Court to grant compensation to their
family members, as indirect victims, for the prejudice suffered given that "the
wives were affected by the sudden loss of their husbands who were the sole
source of income, they lived with the stigma of having a convict as a husband,
they had to bring up the children by themselves, they were not able to increase
the number of children"; "the Applicants' mothers have sutfered losing their
sons to imprisonment and the social stigma of having a son who is a criminal."
140.
Finally, the Applicants pray the Court to award them various amounts in
legal fees for the costs incurred in proceedings both before domestic courts and
this Court.
i.
a.
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Material loss
Loss of income
.
The Court notes, regarding the prayer for compensation due to loss of
income and property, that the Applicants allege that they were business men at
the time of their incarceration and lost their cows, chickens, houses, bicycle and
other properties as a result. The Applicants do not provide any evidence in
support of the claims.a3 The prayer is therefore dismissed.
142.
The prayer for compensation due to the deterioration of their health
which occasioned expenses related to hospitalisation while in prison is equally
dismissed for lack of evidence.
b. Costs of proceedings
143.
before domestic courts
The Court considers that, in line with its previous judgments, reparation
may include payment of legal fees and other expenses incurred in the course
a3
See Armand Guehi v. Tanzania (Merits and Reparations), $ 178
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