000235 freedom, equality before the law and equal protection of the raw as guaranteed by the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; His conviction and sentence to 30 years in prison was based on a crime which did not exist at the time of the alleged facts; He was not afforded the right to be heard, ilt as he was not present at the proceedings at the High Court and the Court of Appeal; IV The proceedings before the High court and the court of Appea! were flawed because they were conducted without the original record of the proceedings in Criminal Case No. 123 of 1997 before the District court of tvluleba; V He was denied the right to be represented by counsel before the High court and the court of Appeal, contrary to Article 7(1Xc) of the charter. 10. Relying on the foregoing allegations, the Applicant submits in conclusion that the judgments of the Respondent State's courts were in violation of Articles 13(6)(a) and 18(a) of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania as well as Articles 2,3(1) and (2),6,7(1)(a) and (c), andT(2),9(1) and 9(2) of the charter. III. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THIS COURT 11. The Application was filed on 5 April 2016 and was served on the Respondent State on 10 May 2016. 12. On 3 June 2016, the Respondent State transmitted to the Registry the names and addresses of its representatives and filed its Response on 12 July 2016. The Response was transmitted to the Applicant on g August 2016 to which he filed his Reply on 15 September 2016. 4 ,