(4) The trial on which the Accused were so abducted and brought into the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court are as follows and corresponding with the respective Accused: 4.1 Accused 1 12 December 2003 4.2 Accused 2 12 December 2003 4.3 Accused 3 12 December 2003 4.4 Accused 4 12 December 2003 4.5 Accused 5 12 December 2003 4.6 Accused 7 20 September 2002 4.7 Accused 8 6 December 2002 4.8 Accused 9 20 September 2002 (5) The Accused will accordingly seek an order to be acquitted and be released from the and from the criminal charges preferred against them.’ The context [3] The prosecution of the appellants for, amongst other offences, high treason, is a sequel to the violent events which struck Namibia in 1999. A group of people who either belonged to or were sympathetic to the Caprivi Liberation Army attacked several state installations in August 1999 at or around Katima Mulilo. The intention was clear: through a violent insurrection, to secede the then Caprivi Region (now Zambezi Region) from the rest of Namibia. [4] Several of these people were arrested, detained and prosecuted. Some of them fled Namibia into Botswana. The appellants before this court are part of a group of Namibians who fled Namibia to Botswana in the wake of the secessionist insurrection.
(4) The on which the Accused were so abducted and brought into the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court are as follows and corresponding with the respective Accused: 4.1 Accused 1 12 December 2003 4.2 Accused 2 12 December 2003 4.3 Accused 3 12 December 2003 4.4 Accused 4 12 December 2003 4.5 Accused 5 12 December 2003 4.6 Accused 7 20 September 2002 4.7 Accused 8 6 December 2002 4.8 Accused 9 20 September 2002 (5) The Accused will accordingly seek an order to be acquitted and be released from the trial and from the criminal charges preferred against them.’ The context [3] The prosecution of the appellants for, amongst other offences, high treason, is a sequel to the violent events which struck Namibia in 1999. A group of people who either belonged to or were sympathetic to the Caprivi Liberation Army attacked several state installations in August 1999 at or around Katima Mulilo. The intention was clear: through a violent insurrection, to secede the then Caprivi Region (now Zambezi Region) from the rest of Namibia. [4] Several of these people were arrested, detained and prosecuted. Some of them fled Namibia into Botswana. The appellants before this court are part of a group of Namibians who fled Namibia to Botswana in the wake of the secessionist insurrection.
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