22. The case file before this Court revea ls that, at the time the Applicants seized this Court on 23 July 2013, Criminal Case 2 of 2006, Criminal Case 10 of 2006 and Criminal Application 16 of 2006 were still pending before the Respondent's Courts. 23 . This Court's attention was also drawn to the fact that in December 2006, the Respondent conducted a similar trial on the same facts , same offences, by the same Court (the Resident Magistrate Court at Moshi), by the same prosecution, on a completely different set of suspects, Some of the suspects in this case were sentenced to 30 years imprisonment with 12 strokes of the cane, while others were sentenced to 3 years Imprisonment. When this matter was raised by the Applicants, the Respondent did not respond to it. The Applicants also did not show this Court the relationship between the two cases, save for drawing those similarities. IV. 24. Alleged violations In their Application, the Applicants allege the following : a. "That, our rights of properties were violated by the Respondent State; b. That our rights of freedom were violated by the Respondent State; c. That our rights of work were violated by the Respondent State; and d. That our rights to be tried within a reasonable time by the Courts were violated by the Respondent State". V. Procedure before the Court 25. The Application was filed at the Court on 23 July 2013. 26. On 30 July 2013, the Registry sought clarification from the Applicants on whether they had been in touch with their counsel and had remitted their Application back to the High Court for a ruling on the preliminary points of law as directed by the Court of Appeal in its judgment of 19 March 2013. 10