respect of Criminal Case Number 321 of 1996 and the record of
proceedings at the High Court in respect of Criminal Appeal Number
82 of 1998 and the lack of information regarding his application for
review. Article 9(1) relates to the right to receive information in
connection with the right to express and disseminate one's opinions
within the law. The Court finds that since the requests for the record
of proceedings of the High Court were made in the context of the
Applicant's appeals to the Court of Appeal, this issue has been
addressed by the Court when resolving the contention regarding the
violation of the right to a fair trial as guaranteed by Article 7(1) of the
Charter. The Court consequently finds that there was no breach of
the right to information as set out in Article 9(1) of the Charter.
X.
155.
The Applicant's Request to be Released from Prison
In his application, the Applicant requested the Court to order
his release from prison. He reiterated this prayer in his Reply to the
Respondent's Response.
156. The Respondent did not specifically respond to the Applicant's
request to be released from prison.
157. The Court observes that an order for the Applicant's release
from prison can be made only under very specific and/or, compelling
circumstances.33 In the instant case, the Applicant has not set out
33
See Inter-American Court of Human Rights Case of Loayza-Tamayo v. Peru Merits.
Judgment of 17 September 1997. Series C No. 33, Resolutory paragraphs 5 and 84; In
this case, the Court ordered the Applicant's release since not doing so would have
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