Gambian Dalasi) payable within two hours, in default of which she will serve a four year Prison term. The 3rd Plantiff was able to pay the fine as a result of substantial contributions from The Gambia Press Union, family and supporters. She subsequently fled The Gambia and is now resident in the United States of America. On his Part, the 4th Applicant alleges that he was arrested on the 7th of February 2013 on account of his article on the stand taken by one Major Lamin Touray against the execution of nine condemned Prisoners. He further alleges that while in custody he was locked in a completely dark room for three days. He was also beaten with fists and sticks to the point of unconsciousness, subjected for aggregate burns by NIA officials. On the orders of a Superior officer, he was taken to a medical facility where he was treated. On discharge from hospital, he was charged interlia with production and possession of publications with seditious intention under S.52 of the Criminal Code. He was refused bail and held in custody for seventeen (17) months until the end of the trial in which he was acquitted. Following an information that the State appealed the acquittal and for reasonably fear of further persecution, the 4 th Applicant fled to Dakar Senegal where he lives till date. It is on account of these facts that the Applicants sought the following reliefs from the Court: 4