005/2013 - Alex Thomas v. Tanzania
AfCHPR Matter- Case Summary
- The Applicant states that he is a convict serving a 30 year custodial sentence at Karanga Central Prison at Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region, the United Republic of Tanzania following his conviction on 3 June 1998. He alleges that there has been an undue delay in consideration of his request for the review of the decision of the Court of Appeal of 29 May 2009 to uphold his conviction and that the the Trial and Appellate Courts erred in law by convicting him. He therefore requests that the Court quashes the decisions by the trial court and the appellate courts convicting him of the offences he was charged with, acquits him and sets him free.
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Domestic/National Laws
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- Tanzania
- ACHPR Rights Violated
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
- ACHPR Rights Not Violated
- ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
- ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
- ACHPR 9.1: Right to Receive Information
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Duration of Procedure
- Aug 2, 2013 ~ Feb 2, 2015
- Case Timeline
- Aug 25, 2015 ~ Nov 20, 2015
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: -6.369028
Longitude: 34.888822
- Country Geolocation (linked AfCHPR Matter)
- Tanzania
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