Election Officials Say the votes would proceed as she do with the Supreme Court not an election had been or was for alleged irregularities we get the latest on going live to nairobi also coming up a german human rights organize a goes on trial in turkey today his case has become a flashpoint in already strained relations between berlin and on korea. And Frank Loesser steinmeyer becomes the fall is just one head of state to visit moscow in seventy as this is the russian government prepares to return a few good to the evangelists a neutral in charge. Of a warm welcome to you im on the thought she we start the show with kenya where the Supreme Court has announced it could not show a last minute petition. Delayed thursdays president ial election the chief justice is not enough judges were present the announcement means tomorrows vote will go ahead as shared the decision has triggered protests in a key so more an opposition stronghold people have taken to the streets many are saying they will boycott the president ial really. This vote comes after the Supreme Court knowledge results from all the selection due to irregularities since then dozens have been killed in Election Related Violence i talked to did obvious catherine on one do in nairobi in just a moment but first her report from the capital. On my day or heroes day kenya celebrates those who fought for independence people from far and wide came last friday to nairobis main park to listen to president hu kenyattas address the event is usually filled with pomp and color with children getting the most out of the entertainment but this year and easiness hangs over canyons including Jameson Gerard and his family. After the Supreme Court an old election was theres been a lot of tension but we pray to god that well have an election and have peace on and thereafter. You can use Electoral Commission has faced numerous challenges since the announcement on september first the chairman of the commission has not quite conceded that hes under siege and still insists the commission can deliver an election on the twenty sixth the Main Opposition Party insists the Commission Must get its house in order before it hold an election opposition supporters have taken to the streets demanding reforms within the commission but government supporters like james say the Electoral Commission is already capable of organizing a repeat poll. That were like drill commission should stay as it is and shouldnt be changed its independent and it will respect the democratic rights of kenyans i believe there will be voters in every polling station in the country remove the water so i think. As we approach the twenty sixth of october kenya remains a divided country on one hope you have a population that is willing to support incumbent president who kenya and his family party and the other half of the population that the boards made up of the right loading up now according to this part of the population they claim that income the president has a few of them from the government to veto. In two thousand and thirteen. An informal settlement in the capital is a perceived opposition stronghold supporters of right loading up this years celebrations most stayed indoors mourning those killed opposition protests with no i cannot vote with an order from i cannot vote i voted last week amiably short people and i watch im not voting because i like to do what im not into many of them everything thats happened and again i read my constitution i look at my confusion everywhere i go to them i dont have any to do but i want to understand what is there and i understand so i move on and im going to predict other people like my mother who didnt go to school who doesnt own the thumb in the can on television what. The Canyon NationalHuman Rights Commission says Police Killed at least thirty three opposition supporters in protest during the election in august this number includes seven children there are fears men will die both sides stand their ground. And those who know it you know it goes back to you youre born into a tribal and right or more form i just mean youre born thinking the way appliance to politically even naturally grown into this political thinking and socialization of of other people with their tribe and parties dont represent me. To insist the elections must go ahead and has ruled out dialogue with. The pool a heavy Police Presence is expected on voting day as kenyas future hangs in the balance. Catherine wonder joins me now from the kenyan capital nairobi hi catherine first of all what is the situation like there on the eve of the president ial read on. Well its quite tense right now everyone is getting ready for tomorrow which in some peoples opinion is that i get in but then we have people packing up things going to shop in supermarkets stocking up on food you have people going to churches to pray but then also at this very moment you have people gathering at the main park who park where theyre expecting an announcement from main Opposition Leader right loading any time from now so the situation right now is tense police had ruled out any gathering so were expecting to see heavy Police Presence as well within the town weve also seen in various areas within western kenya that Electoral Commission officials havent been able to set up yet given that its just hours away to the vote the Supreme Court says it did not have enough judges to make a decision on whether to delay this vote on questions theyre being asked whether the absence of these judges who were not there was engineered. There are questions being asked because it seems that it was orchestrated last night the deputy chief justice her driver was shot as he was making his way home and she was delayed in that shes been trying to sort that out and that was her excuse for not attending Supreme Court today we have two three other judges who its really weird how they are staying away from court one is sick so they havent been able to form the quorum so its too many people especially supporters of the opposition this seems very orchestrated so theres a lot of questions around that and at the same time the Electoral Commission is under pressure still to postpone the election even though were just hours away we have the Observer Mission which had tried to talk to the Electoral Commission and now theyre saying like the commonwealth Observer Mission has pulled out its observers from from this particular election citing security and we have the e. U. Observers who have reduced the number of staff or the number of people participating in this election so thats the Current Situation and basically Opposition Leaders are loading gun has already said hes going to boycott this election really without his participation will this vote have any legitimacy at all. Thats a very big question because tomorrow in the morning when people go to the polling stations they will see right loading his name on the ballot so whether they choose to vote for him thats up to them. But then at the same time the fact that he withdrew even though he didnt do it formally according to the Electoral Commission even though he withdrew their people who are saying that at least six point seven million kenyans have been locked out of the vote because they want to boycott the vote until reforms are established within the Electoral Commission so the vote could go on and but then after that whoever wins the election after that their legitimacy will be called to question katherine on one do it in the night kenyan capital nairobi thank you very much for that. Turning now to turkey where the trial has started for a german human rights activist arrested in istanbul in july british toward now is one of eleven germans currently imprisoned in turkey now balances hes been wrongfully detained and has been strongly campaigning for his release he was arrested while at a workshop on Digital Security for other human rights activists in istanbul hes been tried along with members of Amnesty International including the director of Amnesty International in turkey now stored there stands accused of links to an Armed Terrorist Group and of having a legibly links to the man allegedly behind last years field called the islamic cleric for thriller girl and if convicted stored now faces up to fifteen years in jail his trials already putting strained relations between germany and turkey to the test the German Foreign minister sigma gabriele has called the threat of a long prison sentence in comprehensible and acceptable joining me now for more on the story is a join adult reason hes the director of Amnesty International europe and central asia he is at the Supreme Court in istanbul welcome john now two members of turkeys Amnesty International are also on trial youve been listening to proceedings of the court behind you what are your impressions. I think we have not been able to establish a line to turkey well leave it there and well try and talk to. Want to our next story is the first trip by a german head of state to russia in seven years german president from the steinmeier is in moscow hes already taken part in a wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial and his itinerary includes a tour with russian president Vladimir Putin followed by a separate meetings with human rights activists. The german president will also attend an event to mark the handover of the st peter and Paul Cathedral in moscow the russian government is officially returning it to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of russia as part of festivities celebrating five hundred years since the reformation. An air of celebration at a normal sunday service the last one before this evangelical lutheran congregation in moscow officially gets its church back. Lutherans are religious minority here in russia most in the community have german roots their ancestors came to russia centuries ago on the invitation of the czars who Promised Land and religious freedom but later the soviet government persecuted lutherans and seized Church Property including this cathedral the Community Led by archbishop to take power has been using it again since the fall of the soviet union but so far it has remained russian government property. With the courts here on a case like someone started living in your apartment and its not yours anymore so they let you turn up but the whole time you have the feeling it isnt your words and any pointer could end up in the governments hands or other hands its ours that it feels like home again this is just. So. In the officially atheist soviet union many churches were repurposed from nine hundred thirty seven this cathedral was. As a Movie Theater and a film studio by then all lutheran churches across the country have been closed and many of their pastors arrested and shot. Here at video cemetery in moscow long known as the citys German Cemetery the scars of that persecution are still tangible many gravestones here were neglected and destroyed after the Second World War the Lutheran Community struggled with the additional stigma of its german origins often associated with the nazi enemy. Which. Is the return of our church to some extent restored historical justice historical truth but only partially i hope that this will just be the beginning of a new stage in the development of our country and our community strongly in the short circuit the number of churches that were destroyed the crime of course the fact that this cathedral is being returned thats good news. On the church belongs to the congregation it belongs to the people that come here and look after it so st peters and pauls cathedral will be the first Evangelical Lutheran Church to be given back to the congregation they hope it will set a precedent and that the russian state will return other churches as well. And returning now to turkey where the trial has told to for german activists could be destroyed now and other human rights activists including two from Amnesty International at the courts there joining me now is john adult reason hes the director of Amnesty Internationals europe and central asia section is standing outside the Supreme Court in istanbul know john two members of turkeys Amnesty International also been accused by the courts there of charges on charges of terrorism you listening to proceedings in the court behind you what were your impressions. But it was an extraordinary experience to sit there listening to this indictment being read out with all the pomp and ceremony or. Of a courtroom judges listening to it taking this document seriously when this document is impossible to take seriously so for the fabrication and fulsome new endo is it it was a very strange experience to sit there with all the appearance of justice being done but none of the the reality of actually being so in that room and then being held in detention for months not doing this period had contact with colleagues and what to say about the conditions in which they are being kept. So the conditions are certainly far from optimal that theyre far from optimal for those who have preexisting medical conditions or accrue some whilst they are that that suddenly may be in the case for a number of the detainees and his remains a real issue but really the main thing is that youve got these ten human rights defenders and they stumble one more on this international in is made in the tension on the most absurd charges of organizing chaos of membership of terrorist organizations suspended investigations of of espionage were talking about allegations that is so far fetched so far moved from from reality that its not really human rights defenders that are on trial here today a tool its the toughest Justice System itself now why do you think that these eleven human rights activists the targeted. Well i think its doing a number of things and certainly from the point of view of the authorities this is helping to build a particular propaganda narrative its helping to to blacken critics to discredit human rights organizations human rights defenders in the eyes of the public its much the same tactic has been used to silence journalists or discredit their opinions in the eyes of a broader broader public so i think it fits into into that pattern there number of commentators who would observe that theres an element of hostage taking in relation to to to Foreign Countries from turkey wants to extradite alleged colonists supporters a number of theories but the bottom line is this is a very somber indicator of the direction that turkey is heading in and the state of human rights in this country. Joined up using a form Amnesty International thank you very much for speaking to us from istanbul. Let me bring you some other stories making news around the wild chinese president xi jinping has been confirmed for a second term as the countrys leader she was selected as secretary general of the communist partys Ruling Council six other leaders were also named to the Decision Making body but a successor to she was not named a clear break from tradition. In bangkok the five day feel with so many has started for King Bhumibol on tens of thousands of mourners have filed into a Historic Quarter of thailands capital to bid farewell to the monarch who was hugely revered his body has been a lying in state since he died last october at the age of eighty eight the american ban on all refugees has now ended after one hundred twenty days but nationals from eleven countries believed to pose a higher risk to the United States will face even tougher scrutiny officials have not named these countries but say people will be judged on a case to case basis. 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