(~C··f)6~ttE~ ~i:m:m:..:( Human Rights our Collective Responsibility Human and Peoples' Rights 7(1)(a) of the African Charter and the Commission's Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair Trial and legal Assistance. 78. The Complainants submitted that despite the Respondent State's responsibility for serious and massive human rights violations resulting in a large number of victims in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, the victims have not had any access to a remedy and reparation to date. 79. The Complainants further submitted that the Respondent State has yet to respond to the Commission's two requests for provisional measures and to take the necessary steps to investigate the alleged violations, prosecute and punish those responsible, and provide reparation to victims in South Kordofan and Blue Nile. The Complainants further submitted that no cases are known where soldiers of the SAF or members of the security forces have been held accountable for human rights violations alleged to have been committed in both States, since the outbreak of hostilities on 5 June 2011 and September 2011,respectively. (v) Alleged violation of the right to information (Article 9(1) of the African Charter) 80. The Complainants submitted that the Respondent State's restriction of the right of individuals to receive information by closing the region of South Kordofan and Blue Nile state to national and international media, and by preventing national media and journalists from reporting on the violations committed by the Respondent State in both states, constituted a violation of Article 9(1) of the African Charter. 81. The Complainants also submitted that the lockdown of South Kordofan and Blue Nile as well as the de-facto blanket ban on national and international media from accessing both States to report on the conduct of hostilities, ostensibly with a view to prevent reporting on human rights violations by SAF, PDF and NCP forces, are unjustifiable under the African Charter. (vi) Alleged violation of the freedom of movement and residence (Article 12 of the African Charter) 82. The Complainants submitted that the Respondent State, by forcibly displacing civilians and by failing to ensure their safe return, has violated the right to residence and freedom of movement as enshrined in Article 12 of the African Charter. 83. The Complainants further submitted that many of those displaced as a result of the SAF's indiscriminate bombings were not permitted access to IDP camys but 17