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received at the registry on 11 June 2011 requested for an
elongation of time - limit, to enable him file his Memorial in
Defence.
3. The Defendant State filed its Memorial in Defence on 28 July
2011, in which it raised objections to the allegations and claims
made by Plaintiff, and plead with the Court to strike out the case,
and order costs against Plaintiff.
4. The Court heard parties at its sittings of 17 November 2011, and
31 January 2012.
AS TO FACTS AND LAW
5. Plaintiff alleges the violation of his right to freedom and the
security of his human person, the right to respect for, and the
dignity of his ·human · person, his right to the presumption of
innocence,. his right to equal protection of the law, as guaranteed
respectively under Articles 3 (2), 5, 6 and 7(1b) of the African
Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
A) On the violation of Article 6 of the African Charter on human and
Peoples' Rights.
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6. Plaintiff alleges that, the Security Personnel, from the Search
Department of the Burkina Faso Gendarn1erie, during the month
of September 2010 (15th to be precise), effected his arrest, at his
home, in Ouagadougou, on the grounds that he, Plaintiff could not
afford to buy two motorcycles, and one car, for which he had just
paid, within the space of three days, even if he pulled his resources
together with his wife's, thereby accusing him of being the brain
behind several armed robbery attacks that were perpetrated both
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