THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO COMBINED SECOND TO EIGHTH PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA  Backlog of cases hamper speedy determination of both criminal and civil trials.  In many cases such as those of ritual murder, the public often take the law into their hands and assault the suspects even before the police arrive as the crime scene. In order to address this challenge, the government of Lesotho has established Community Policing Forums comprised of members of the public who form crime preventing committees and are trained on the steps to take when the public has arrested suspects of crimes. The government is also engaged in public awareness campaigns through public gatherings and radio programmes in which members of the public are taught on the dangers of self-help and to cooperate with members of community policing forums to apprehend suspects and hand them over to the police instead of assaulting them.  There are also instances in which court files disappear and leads to acquittal of suspects for want of prosecution or for lack of evidence. For instance, the case of R v Monyane Moleleki was dismissed because the court file could not be found. ARTICLE 8: FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE Constitutional Measures 70. The right to freedom of conscience is entrenched in section 13 of the Constitution of Lesotho. The freedom includes enjoyment of freedom of thought and of religion, freedom to change religion or belief and freedom to manifest and propagate his religion in worship, teaching, practice and observance. 71. Lesotho is predominantly a Christian country, with the majority of people subscribing to various denominations of Christianity. However, there are no laws which force people into Christianity and the laws also allow other religions such as Islam and other African-based religions to be practiced freely. 34