64.Thirdly, the Applicants have suffered enormous mental and physical torture and have had to undergo extreme inhumane conditions, having to constantly live with the fear of death every single day for the last 16 years. 65. Fourthly, the Applicants submit that even if they were to be held technically out of time to bring this Application, then this Court ought to exercise its discretion to extend, in the interest of justice, the period within which the Applicant is allowed to bring this claim, given the particular circumstances of this case. 66.Finally, they submit that the delay in bringing the present Application has been as a result of a range of significant factors, including: (a) complications arising from their being in detention and being required to spend time in Solitary; (b) indebtedness the Applicants have suffered as a direct result of having been held and deprived of their livelihood, which has made organizing their life and bringing formal complaint particularly difficult; and (c) the emotional and psychological trauma, which has significantly affected the Applicants’ ability to manage and bring the present Application. 67.They conclude by stating that even if the Applicants were technically outside the three-year limitation period, this Court ought to exercise its inherent discretion to adjudge this Application admissible in the interest of Justice between the parties. 21

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