d) Are not based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media; e) Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged; f) Are submitted within a reasonable time from the date local remedies were exhausted or from the date the Commission is seized with the matter, and; g) Do not deal with cases which have been settled by those States involved in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or the provisions of the Charter. 28. The Respondent State raises an objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies. The Court will rule on this objection (A) before deciding, if necessary, on the other admissibility requirements (B). A. Objection based on non-exhaustion of local remedies 29. The Respondent State submits that, although the Applicant has been charged and arraigned for contempt of court and other offences, his trial has not commenced. The Respondent State contends that no final decision has been issued in the matter. The Respondent State therefore submits that the Applicant did not exhaust local remedies. 30. The Applicant submits that the Respondent State does not in any way indicate what remedies were available to him. He further submits that although it is true that cases must be submitted to the Court only after exhaustion of local remedies, it is nonetheless the case that that the remedies, in line with the jurisprudence of the Court, must not only be available, that is, they can be pursued without impediment, but must be effective and satisfactory in the sense that they are “capable of redressing the complainant or of remedying the situation in dispute” (African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decision, Communication No. 147/95-149/96, Application No. 1/95) - Dawda K. 8