First Instance Tribunal at Bujumbura ordered provisional release of the
Applicant, the Public Prosecutor, in accordance with Article 84 (2) of the
Burundi Criminal Procedure Code ,re-arrested him and retained him in
lawful preventive detention.
He also states that subsequently ,the said
Public Prosecutor, immediately the Applicant’s release order was issued,
appealed to the Court of Appeal of Bujumbura against the said order and
on 5th September 2013, the Court of Appeal quashed the judgment of the
First Instance Tribunal and in effect confirmed the Applicant’s preventive
detention order.
13.It is on the basis of the foregoing that the 1st Respondent finally avers
that the arrest and detention of the Applicant was lawful and that the
Applicant cannot now be heard to say that the provisions of Article 6 (d) of
the Treaty were violated by agents of the Government of Burundi.
14.Further, it is also
the 1st Respondent’s
contention that the matter
complained of is one that relates to human rights and is vested in the
National Courts of Burundi pursuant to Article 27(2) and 30 (3) of the
Treaty and therefore no jurisdiction is thereby conferred on this Court. In
any event, that the Applicant was granted provisional release on 17th
February 2012 and since then he is no longer in detention and his
complaints are therefore baseless.
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