Having
found
that the
1% Applicant
is a duly registered
non-governmental
organization, it is a juristic person with a right to sue and be sued. A fortiori,
the 1 Applicant on the strength of the above decisions has standing to bring
the present action for and on behalf of its members. Indeed some violations
can-as
in this case
journalists,
and
not
be
considered
against
one
as done
person,
thus
against
the
corporation
“the victim”
is the
of
whole
profession because the injury can be regarded as affecting all the members
of that profession. In accordance with our jurisprudence which admits only
“the victims” federation of journalists can be regarded as a victim.
2. Whether from the totality of facts before this Court, 3“ Plaintiff's claim is
statute barred.
The defendant contends that the 3rd Plaintiffs action is statute barred not having
been
brought
within
the
limitation
period
provided
by
Article
9(3)
of the
Supplementary Protocol 2005.
The 3" Applicant’s claim is that she was arrested after landing in Banjul International
Airport for her father’s funeral on the 28" of March 2007. She was taken to the
National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Headquarters by two plain-cloth officers where
she was detained for six days and interrogated. On the 4" of April 2007, she was
charged
with
intention
to
commit
sedition,
19
publication
of
seditious
words,