1988 of Norbert Zongo, Abdoulaye Nikiema, known as Ablasse, Ernest Zongo and Blaise \Iboudou (supra, paragraph 32). Consequently, the Court will not examine the said allegation. 183. Regarding allegation of violation of the right to freedom of expression the Court its Ruling of 21 June 2013, had declared that it had jurisdiction to hear the case, on condition that it is directly linked “to the allegation of violation of the right to have his cause in (of everyone) heard by competent national courts”. 184. In the instant case, the Applicants maintain essentially in that respect, that the very fact that the Respondent failed to expeditiously and efficiently identify, apprehend and try the assassins of the investigative journalist Norbert Zongo, constitutes a violation of the freedom of expression of journalists in general, given that they run the risk of working under fear, apprehension and intimidation. To this, the Respondent State replies that since 1991, no journalist has been disturbed by the authorities in the exercise of his profession. 185. Viewed from this perspective, the Court observes that the allegation relates to the right to freedom of expression of the media in general (and not that of Norbert Zongo in particular), and that it does not concern the specific rights of individual Applicants in this case, who are not journalists. The Court observes, on the contrary, that such allegation could be of interest to the other Applicants in this case, namely, the Burkinabé Human and Peoples’ Rights Movement. | 186. In the circumstances, the Court is of the opinion that even though State’s failure to identify and apprehend cause fear and anxiety in the Respondent Norbert Zongo’s assassins could potentially media circles, in the instant case, however, the Applicants have not shown proof that the Burkinabé media had not been able to exercise freedom of expression. 187. In the circumstances, the Respondent State cannot be accused of directly violating the freedom of expression of journalists as guaranteed under article 9 of the Charter, read together with article 66(2)(c) of the Revised ECOWAS 50 ~ Treaty, merely because it had not © wre