by the Defendant. All these acts amount to a violation of Article 4 of the African
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Accordingly, the application of the Applicants succeeds.
DECISION
The Court adjudicating in a public siting, after hearing the parties in last resort,
after deliberating in accordance with the law,
AS TO MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME:
Declares that all motion for extension of time filed by all the Parties be granted
and the same are hereby granted.
AS TO THE PRELIMINARY OBJECTION OF THE DEFENDANTS:
Declares that the 2nd and 3rd Defendants are not appropriate parties to this suit and
their names are hereby struck out from the proceedings, but all other grounds of
objections are hereby dismissed.
AS TO THE MERITS:
Rules that the arguments and defense of the Defendant are not supported by
evidence, and accordingly, enters judgment against the Defendant for the illegal
killings of the persons named and represented by the 1st Applicant and injuries
caused to the 2nd to the 12th Applicants; And awards the sum of §200,000 (two
hundred thousand United States Dollars) to each of the deceased families and
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