Unanimously, ix. Finds that the Respondent State violated the right to freedom of opinion and expression in relation to Article 410(3) of the Criminal Code; On reparations Pecuniary reparations By a majority of Ten (10) for, and One (1) against, Justice Chafika BENSAOULA Dissenting, x. Dismisses the request for the payment of Five Hundred Million (500,000,000) CFA francs as monthly lump sum interest for the enforcement of the Ruling on provisional measures of the 5 May and 25 September 2020, and the judgment on 4 December 2020 rendered in Application No. 003/2020-Houngue Eric Noudehouenou v. Republic of Benin. Unanimously, xi. Dismisses the request for the payment of One Billion (1,000, 000, 000) CFA francs as monthly lump sum interest for nonenforcement of the judgment delivered in the instant case; xii. Dismisses the requests for reimbursement of the sums of Fifteen Million (15,000,000) CFA francs in respect of legal and procedural costs, and Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) CFA francs in respect of mailing and communication costs; xiii. Orders the Respondent State to pay the Applicant the sum of Five Million (5,000,000) CFA francs as reparation for moral damage 52

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