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119. The Court notes that the provision relates to the issue of prolonged detention
without trial and that this situation is considered as arbitrary. The standards
espoused in this right require that a person who is charged with an offence should
be brought promptly before a judge or other judicial officers and should be tried
within a reasonable time or released. A person who is charged with an offence also
has the right to access a court, to challenge the lavtrfulness of his or her detention.2T
120. The Court notes that the Applicants have made general statements as regards the
alleged violation of their rights
to liberty. They have not provided evidence
to
establish that the Respondent State has arbitrarily deprived them of their liberty
contrary to the afore-mentioned provisions. The Court has held that it does not
suffice to make such general claims, rather, there should be a demonstration of how
the rights have been violated.2s
121.|n light of the foregoing, the Court therefore dismisses the Applicants'claim as
having not been established.
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Allegation relating to violation of the right to family life
122.fhe Applicants allege that by revoking their passports, the Respondent State has
violated their right to family life.
123. The Respondent State has not responded to this allegation
124. The Court notes that Article 18 (1) and (2)of the Charter provides
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2e Alex Thomas v Tanzania (merits) (2015)
I AfCLR 465 S 140.
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