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46. Further
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in Amiri Ramadhani v Tanzanials and Christopher Jonas
v
Tanzaniali the Court decided that the period of five (5) years and one month
was reasonable owing to the circumstances of the Applicants. ln these two
cases the Court took into consideration the fact that the Applicants were
imprisoned, restricted
in their movements and with limited access to
information; they were lay, indigent, did not have assistance of a lawyer in
their trials at the domestic court, were illiterate and were not aware of the
existence of the Court.
47. Moreover
in
Werema Wangoko and another
v.
United Republic of
TanzanialT, the Court decided that the Applicants having used the review
procedure, were entitled to wait for the review judgment to be delivered and
that this justified the filing of their Application five (5) years, five (5) months
after exhaustion of local remedies.
48.1n the instant case, the Court notes that although the Applicants are also
incarcerated and thus restricted in their movement, they have not asserted
or provided any proof that they are illiterate, lay, or had no knowledge of the
existence of the Court. The Applicants have simply described themselves
as "indigent".
49.The Court further notes that the Applicants were represented by legal
counsel in their trial and appeals at the domestic level but they did not file
for review of their final judgments. Overall, while the Court has always
considered the personal circumstances of applicants in determining the
lapse of reasonable time taken before being seized of a matter, the present
Applicants have not provided the Court with any material evidence on the
basis of which the Court can conclude that the period of five (5) years and
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Amii Ramadhani v. Tanzania (Merits) $ 50.
Christopher Jonas v. Tanzania (Merits) $ 54.
u Werema Wangoko v. Tanzania (Merits and Reparations)
$ 49
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