Dausab's challenge of sodomy law back in court

In a case in which activist Friedel Dausab is challenging the sodomy law, parties appeared before a full bench in the Windhoek High Court for closing arguments yesterday morning. Dausab argued that gay men's constitutional rights of dignity, freedom, equality and protection against discrimination are violated by this law.

His legal team further claimed that as the State no longer enforces the sodomy law, it serves no purpose.

Outside the court room, a group of protestors gathered with signs reading 'We stand by Friedel', 'Decolonise my sexuality' and 'Justice now!'

They could also be heard chanting "my body matters, your body matters" while participants held up a banner calling for 'human rights for all'.