5. The Applicant submits that he seized the Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court, seeking annulment of his suspension and dismissal. He avers that despite having provided evidence of violations of his right to defence and of the laws on decentralisation, his appeal was dismissed. 6. He further avers that the Respondent State continued to persecute him not only by attempting to kidnap him but also by initiating criminal proceedings against him and twenty-eight (28) of his former associates before the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) for abuse of office, misappropriation of public funds and money laundering. He states that, on 29 June 2020, the CRIET found him guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to ten (10) years’ imprisonment, together with a warrant issued for his arrest, and ordered to pay Two Hundred and Sixty-Seven Million Five Thousand (267,005,000) Francs CFA in damages to the Respondent State. 7. The Applicant further avers that, for security reasons and because of the fate reserved for certain political opponents, he and his wife have been in exile in France since August 2017. B. Alleged violations 8. The Applicant alleges violation of the following rights: i. The right to have one’s cause heard, protected by Article 7 of the Charter; ii. The right to life and to physical and moral integrity, protected by Article 4 of the Charter; and iii. The right to participate freely in the government of his country, protected by Article 13(1) of the Charter. 3