Kenyan LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba found dead in metal box | LGBTQ News
Discrimination against LGBTQ people is common in Kenya which has a 14-year jail term for gay sex.
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Discrimination against LGBTQ people is common in Kenya which has a 14-year jail term for gay sex.
Discrimination against LGBTQ people is common in Kenya which has a 14-year jail term for gay sex.
Motorbike taxi riders alerted police after they saw the box dumped by the roadside from a vehicle with a concealed number plate, The Standard and The Daily Nation newspapers reported, quoting police sources. Activist Edwin Chiloba's remains were found on Tuesday near Eldoret town in Uasin Gishu county, where he ran his fashion business, independent rights group the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) said.
Local media on Friday reported that Kenyan police have discovered the body of a prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner stuffed inside a metal box in the west of the country.