Order the withdrawal of all the recordings of the telephone conversation
and their transcription;
Annul the order debarring the foreign lawyers from constituting counsel
for him;
Order Burkina Faso to pay to him the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Million
CFA Francs (CFA F 150,000,000) as damages for the economic harm done
him, and a token sum of One CFA Franc (CFA 1) for psychological harm;
Ask Burkina Faso to bear the costs.”
Burkina Faso, on its part, lodged a memorial in response at the Registry of the
Court on 23 February 2016, asking the Court to:
“Declare that it has no jurisdiction, in limine litis, to adjudicate on the Application
filed by Mr. Djibril Yipéné Bassolé;
As to formality,
Declare the Application is inadmissible (…);
As to merits,
Dismiss the all the allegations of human rights violation and the charges made
against Burkina Faso as ill-founded;
Dismiss the request to withdraw from the criminal trial, recordings of telephone
conversation and SMS implicating the Applicant;
Equally dismiss the request for annulment of the order debarring the foreign
lawyers from appearing before the military tribunal, as made by the trial judge
of the military tribunal;
Dismiss purely and simply, the request for damages as legally baseless;
Ask the Applicant to bear the costs.”
The Burkina Faso Court of Cassation, seised by a complaint from Counsel to Mr.
Djibril Yipéné Bassolé, delivered a judgment thereof on 26 May 2016, wherein
it:
- Declared admissible the matters brought;
- Dismissed the matters brought by the foreign lawyers as ill-founded;
- Quashed Judgment No. 2015-003 of 22 December 2015, having declared
inadmissible the appeal filed by Mr. Djibril Yipéné Bassolé;
- Overturned and annulled the judgment complained of;
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