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Mr. Elisha E. SUKA, Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, East
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African, Regional and lnternational Cooperation;
Mr. Mark MULWAMBO, Principal State Attorney, Attorney General's Chambers
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Ms. Sylvia MATIKU, Principal State Attorney, Attorney General's Chambers
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after deliberation,
renders the following Judgment
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THE PARTIES
1.
Messrs Godfred Anthony and Mr. lfunda Kisite, (hereinafter referred to as
"the Applicants") are nationals of the United Republic of Tanzania, each
currently serving thirty (30) years' prison sentence following their conviction
of conspiracy to commit a felony and for armed robbery.
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The Respondent State, the United Republic of Tanzania, became a Party
to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred
to as "the Charte/') on 21 October 1986, and to the Protocol on 10 February
2006. Furthermore, on 29 March 2010, the Respondent State deposited the
Declaration required under Article 34 (6) of the Protocol, by which it
accepted the jurisdiction of the Court to receive cases from individuals and
Non-Governmental Organisations.
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