or have gotten away with not doing kind of things like the time of crisis. and how little group you know what you're trying to do best. extra distortion of the opinions or more you have to answer to seems bloggers 1st. do w. has it all that. much money 26 d. w. . this is deja news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes it's not ok to be game so you can use high cost a bill for kenyan l g b t activist says 3 judges reject a bid to strike down goals which criminalize homosexuality saying that bad does not contravene basic rights in the kenyan constitution. and eritrea

mox 28 he is since gaining independence from neighboring ethiopia will meet some young eritreans who fled what they say is a brutal dictatorship. i'm christine window while come to news africa i'm glad you're choosing day in kenya as high court has unanimously refused to strike down goals which criminalize gay 6 in a packed courtroom the 3 justices justify their decision say the petition has had failed to prove that the provisions are discriminatory now kenyan l g b t activist brought the case all doing that the kenyan constitution forbids discrimination directed at all him directly against any person on any ground law dates back to the british colonial era. makes homosexuals punishable with up to 14 years in

prison now one of those the petition is is l g b t activist. she joins me now from nairobi welcome to d.w. africa we were you were present in that courtroom just your reaction to the decision today. ok hello christine. i was creative disappointed about the decision that was made today in the courtroom . the hearing we're having was about basically security as to queue you know community and in our society. we live under constant threat if not actual violence over and and there are court ruling if it went our way would have been able to give us some sense of security in that it would have been validated attacks on our part. carried out in the belief that we are somehow wrong

and. contrary to the law of man and of nature. so the fact that he didn't go away was incredibly disappointing incredibly discouraging and. something i really didn't hope to see right. now we are what does this mean for the l.g.b. see community in kenya and perhaps address the issue of homophobia in the country. it's not just something that needs to be tackled from a legal perspective is it but in broad society how reflective is this judgment of what kenyan society thinks about the l.g. bt community. well what it means for the l.g. beauty community is that we have to keep fighting we have to keep going and. we have to keep occupying our space and showing people our humanity so that they understand that we are just like they are that we are equal in our humanity we are the same and we're no real threats to them just by being who we are. when it comes

to condemn society there is a certain sense of homophobia like i say it's every particle community so. this idea of queerness of being other of being different. elicits your notice and in many in many situations you are threatened because they do try to. it's not something that's normal so it's a threat they feel like they feel threatened by our presence because it's so foreign to them and so that's that's a threat that we receive from society in that they try to control us in that sense . ok that's. the activist. in nairobi thank you. thank you. eritrea is celebrating 28 years of nationhood today the east african country gained

its independence off to a 30 year long war with forces from neighboring ethiopia and that ended in 1901 but the 2 sides only signed a peace deal last year peace all too often eritrea the chance to rebuild but human rights watch says the record remains one of the worst in the world. now eritrea is a one party state and it's only had one president who's ruled the country since independence in 1903 is say as of where he is a form of freedom fighter he presents himself as a modest man but stands accused of severe human rights violations his country has never held elections has no constitution no official budget and 0 press freedoms eritrea is also one of the world's poorest countries and every citizen is compelled to do a form of national service for a minimum wage and sometimes for years. the best and

a brutal government all the reasons that a 5th of all eritrean citizens live abroad that means the small country of 5000000 makes one of africa's biggest migrant group in the world community in berlin. 6 o'clock in the morning and little head is on his way to the christian orthodox eritrean service at berlin's philippa's church. a place of serenity and a reminder of home for the 29 year old refugee who hasn't been in his birth country for more than 9 years. in mind how much. back home when i was young my father always took me and my family to church here i get to meet all my eritrean friends. after a hard week at work i come here at the weekend and that does me good. it's been here i want this. is one of 60000 eritreans living in

germany many of them fled a brutal military dictatorship back home in church just like these are crucial meeting points about half of the early trains abroad are christian the service is over new helps tidy up then heads home to a refugee center which is about 2 hours away by bus. on the way together with his friends he tells us his escape story. first of all from eritrea to ethiopia. from met you sit down. sit down to egypt. you get from egypt to israel. different from israel to rwanda from rwanda to uganda after uganda juba in south sudan from sudan to libya from libya to italy and then to germany. germany trip around the world wasn't something he wanted. i had no choice because every tray is ruled by

a brutal dictator and that's my escape cost me years of my life because i couldn't go to school without study. and brutality was even waiting out the day it is gay from eritrea. yes. they. and they would do this they would transfer equant internet bans mean milou instead he said i often can't even get in touch with their families back home to check up on how things are going. the one students used in the. this why they want to. use the internet and what they want to know the people in this room is the issue in the room for much money i call my family on the phone now and i gang. but i don't talk about politics. to them.

has little faith that there will be a regime change in eritrea any time soon he hopes that germany will not close the door on him. for more insight on the country often shrouded in mystery eritrean. mosquita joins me now and i thank you so much for coming on today we were talking about eritrea celebrating 28 years of independence what does the country have to show for it. well you know 28 years has been it's was a very. concentrated period of. you know there is fans paid a lot of sacrifice to get to this where they are and during the 28 years air tran's tried to rebuild the country. and the consequence has been people who went

back because there's there was a kind of a vision it wasn't a country but it was a vision which people were fighting for and apparently. with it he appeared in 1908. brought in new conflicts into the neighboring regions and a but also divided society between those who were you know like very patriotic and others who were looking for more peaceful. period and was economic prosperity so and this this conflict has been. one of the major issues in their turn society towards prosperity ok said that their relationship with with with neighboring ethiopia but with since had a new prime minister. made who's extended a warm hand to eritrea how has that changed the dynamics. changed a lot because the conflict between ethiopia and eritrea was not solved for

many reasons because. the people all feel tripoli to piano the world community knew exactly the reasons of the conflict it was each person and food was a broader conflict plus ever i saw that was one of the major reason why we didn't you know like come up with a new solution so the new leadership in ethiopia brought a new dynamic and it was a new start to go towards their leadership and like. you know for a brand new peace but we're still talking about a country that young people off feeling in his jones we we've got a report we see young people running away from this country calling at the leadership. a brutal dictatorship and why is that the case and how is this regime able to stay intact well one of the major problem in eritrea was the militarization of the society because every trans when there are when they finish the school when

they're 18 years old. to go for the military service which is a consensus or people go actually voluntarily to enter service but. the law is not implemented because. the low ses 18 months is an obligation that most of the young people stayed for more than 1015 years in military service so most of the people do not have their perspectives how to continue with their lives and how to have a qualification for the labor market etc to respond to most of the people who are actually without any perspectives which has any consequence to leave the country and look for better perspectives i'll say the country. ok that's eric a and foreign journalist. miskin the thank you for your insight. and that is we will leave it for the w.c.

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country's authoritarian government. first though the cannes film festival is where the world's top stars and filmmakers get together to hobnob to make secret deals and to show off 1000000 euro gallons on the red carpet it's an exclusive 2 week party for insiders only luckily for us our film critic scott roxboro is there. are 3 things you can always count on the. stars. who are stars. and the weather. well 2 of the 3 bad but the gray skies didn't dampen the enthusiasm of movie fans. in 15 years covering the cannes film festival this is about the coldest and wettest i've ever seen it but at

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