The 2nd, 3rd and 4th Applicants are the Nationals of the Defendant and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) citizens who now live in exile. They averred that they fled The Gambia (the Defendants) “for fear of persecution and other forms of persecution including, the fear of physical and mental harm, as a consequence of their work as Journalists. The 2nd Plaintiff further avers that following false accusation of authoring an article against the President of the Defendant, she was arrested and detained on the 15 th of September 2013 by officers of the Security Agency of the Defendant; consequent upon which on the 10th of October, 2013, she was charged under the false news provisions of S.59 of the criminal code 2009 and S. 173A of the information and Communications (Amendment) Act 2013. She was required to provide bail of Gambian Dalasi (GMD) of 5, 000,000 (five million Gambian Dalasi). She avers out of fear that her trial was politically motivated, she fled through Senegal to the United States where she remained in exile till date. (See the 2 nd Applicants witness Statement). On her part, the Third Applicant avers that following series of Articles and public statements made by her between September 2003 and October 2005 criticizing the Government and President of the Defendant, she was detained on the 28 th of March 2007, interrogated charged and subsequently tried ( according to the 3 rd Defendant) under the sedition and publication of false news. She was convicted on all counts on August 18th 2008 and fined GMD 250, 000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand 3