Applicant for unlawful deprivation of life, and associated loss to the relatives and family members. 15. AN ORDER directing the Respondent to release the body of Ebrima Solo Sandeng (deceased) to his family and to the 32nd Applicant for proper burial in accordance with highly respected African values and culture. 16. AN ORDER restraining the Respondent from harassing, arresting, detaining charging trying or otherwise intimidating any member of the 32nd Applicant in respect of this matter or any other matter, and to allow the members of the 32nd Applicant exercise their rights to participate, vote and elect their representatives and express political opinion as enshrined in Article 2 and 13 the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights. 17. Any other order the Honorable Court considers necessary and which the justice of this case, including any order to ensure that the implementation of the judgement and orders made in this case are monitored. The Respondent’s defense The Respondent denies paragraph 1 of the Applicants’ claim and states that they were arrested pursuant to law after undertaking an unlawful public procession. That the 1st to 31st Applicants were not tortured but that the arrest and prosecution followed due process. That the procession was in defiance of an order of police and posed real and imminent danger to public peace. The Respondent denies further, paragraph 2 of the Applicants’ claim and submits that the deceased, Ebrima Solo Sandeng, died from shock and respiratory failure. The Respondent contends that the Public Order Act is not contrary to Article 11 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights. That the Applicants were arrested and detained because they violated the Public Order Act Cap 22 vol. 4 of the Gambia 2009. 6

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