Consequently, defamation the Court and false directs that the legislations news publication of The on sedition, Gambia be criminal libel, reviewed and decriminalized to be in conformity with the international provisions on freedom of expression and in consonance with the Defendants obligation under Article 1 of the Charter. Whether in the circumstances of this case, the Defendant has violated the rights of the Plaintiffs as alleged. The 2"-5" Applicants alleged that they were ar sted and umawfully detained, with the 4" and 5" Applicants being subjected to torture by the agents of the Defendant while in detention. This arrest and detention was predicated on the seditious, libel and false news laws of the Gambia. The Applicants further argued that these laws are in violation of their rights as journalists, right to liberty and freedom of expression as they are still in exile for fear of being re-arrested in the cause of exercising their rights as journalists. The requirement of lawfulness is not satisfied merely by compliance with the relevant domestic law; the application of domestic laws in a case of arrest and detention must itself be in conformity with the international provisions. An arrest done in conformity with the law is deemed lawful until such laws are repealed. In the instant case, though the arrest of the Applicants were carried out in 48