JAMA’A FOUNDATION & 5 ORS V. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA & ANOR ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/20, PAGE 14-16. 66. The Court is of the considered opinion that any law which affects not only the rights of the Senegalese people to freedom of expression including right to demonstrate on political matters but also their rights to assemble freely and to free movement is clearly an issue of public interest. 67. Therefore, the Court holds that the Applicants being NGOs and suing on behalf of the Senegalese people for the violation of their rights to assembly, movement and freedom of expression have the competence to maintain this action. The Application in this wise is hereby declared admissible. MERITS 68. Having held that the Application is admissible as it relates to the Applicants’ personal action for the alleged violation of their right to freedom of expression as well as the representative action on behalf of the Senegalese people as it concern the alleged violations of their right to assembly, freedom of movement and freedom of expression, the Court must now examine whether these allegations have been proved. In other words whether the Applicants have established that they have locus standi as victims who suffered damages from the ban imposed on political demonstration by Order N° 7580 / MINSTSP of 20 July 2011. Allegation of the violation of freedom of expression of the Applicants. 69. The Applicants allege that on 20 July 2011 the then Minister of Interior of Senegal issued an Order banning all political demonstrations in the area between El Hadji Malik Sy Avenue and Cape Manuel as well as the 22