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Africa-Press<\/a> – Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Arusha.<\/b><\/p>\n

The African Court on Human and People\u2019s Rights (AfCHPR) has dismissed an appeal by four people convicted of drug trafficking by a Tanzanian court.<\/p>\n

The four – three Tanzanians and an Iranian – were in 2016 convicted by the High Court of Tanzania and sentenced to 25 years in jail.<\/p>\n

The applicants, Yahya Zumo Makame and three others \u2013 two other Tanzanian nationals and an Iranian national \u2013 were ordered to pay a fine of Sh1.4 billion in total.<\/p>\n

They later appealed their conviction and sentence to the Tanzania Court of Appeal which dismissed the appeal in its entirety.<\/p>\n

In their appeal to the African Court, the applicants contended that their right to fair trial in Tanzania had been violated.<\/p>\n

Specifically, they alleged that the legal system in Tanzania only permits one appeal from a decision of the High Court.<\/p>\n

In their view, this was contrary to Articles 3 and 7 of the African Charter on Human and People\u2019s Rights and other international protocols on civil and political rights.<\/p>\n

They also alleged that the fourth applicant, Mohamed Gholumgader Pourdad – an Iranian national – could not understand the proceedings for lack of an interpreter.<\/p>\n

The court then had to decide as to whether the absence of a court in Tanzania that is of a higher jurisdiction that the Court of Appeal denied them more room for appeal.<\/p>\n

The court said the absence of higher judicial structures in Tanzania above the Appeals Court was not a violation of the African Charter in the context of the case.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the Arusha-based judicial organ analysed all the grounds of appeal as filed by the applicants together with the counter-arguments raised by the State.<\/p>\n

Given the manner in which the Court of Appeal dealt with the applicants\u2019 appeal, the Court found nothing which could merit its intervention and, therefore, dismissed the applicants\u2019 allegations.<\/p>\n

It also considered whether the acquittal of one of the accused persons by the domestic courts amounted to the application of \u201cdouble-standards\u201d which prejudiced the applicants\u2019 right to fair trial.<\/p>\n

The court noted that the matter was also evaluated by the Court of Appeal but, further, that from its perusal of the record, there was nothing warranting its intervention.<\/p>\n

In absence of translation services, the African Court – while confirming the accused person (an Iranian national) could not understand the language of the Court proceedings – he was represented by a counsel.<\/p>\n

Having found that the Respondent State (Tanzania) had not violated any of the applicants\u2019 rights, the Court dismissed the claims for reparations and ordered each party to bear its costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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