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II.
SUBJECT OF THE APPLICATION
A. Facts of the matter
3. On 12
September 2006, the Applicants were arrested
at Mruma Village,
Mwanga District in Tanzania, for killing one Jamal Abdallah. On 24 June 2008,
they were charged with murder at the High Court of Tanzania in Arusha.
4. On 25 November
2011, the High Court, found the Applicants guilty and
sentenced them to death in Criminal Case No. 30 of 2008. Dissatisfied with that
decision, they appealed to the Court of Appeal of Tanzania in Criminal Appeal
No. 43 of 2012. On 22 March 2013, their appeal was dismissed.
5.
On 24 March 2013, the Applicants then filed an application for review, which
was still pending before the Court of Appeal when they filed the present
Application on 26 March 2015.
B. Alleged violations
6.
The Applicants allege
that they were tried for murder contrary to Section 196 of the Penal Code
in Criminal case No 30 of 2008;
that they were convicted for murder without having their case fully heard,
iii.
that they did not receive the reply to their motion for review to the Court of
Appeal despite the fact that the law allows them to apply for review;
iv. that they were convicted in breach of the Constitution and Rules of
the
Tanzanian courts;
v.
that they were sentenced on the basis of manifest error in the decision of
the trial court;
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