Contents:
- KENYAN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS KILLED
- KILLG OF LGBTQ+ ACTIVIST PROMPTS OUTCRY OVER ANTI-GAY ATTACKS KENYA
- MURR OF GAY ACTIVIST TRIGGERS TRMA FOR KENYA’S LGBTIQ MUNY
- KENYANS ENRAGED AFTER BTAL MURR OF GAY WOMAN, SHEILA LUMUMBA
KENYAN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS KILLED
Ai|Kenyan Gay Rights Activist Is Killed ADVERTISEMENTEdw Chiloba’s body was dumped on the roadsi by a movg vehicle the untry’s wt. Police have arrted his iend and are pursug two others the Leteipa/Associated PrsNAIROBI, Kenya — A gay activist and fashn signer was murred and his body found stuffed si a metal box Kenya, the police said on Friday, another episo that raised qutns about dangers and discrimatn faced by gay people across the East Ain Chiloba’s body was found the box after was dropped by the si of the road om a movg vehicle wh no license plate Uas Gishu unty the untry’s wt.
The pennt Kenya Human Rights Commissn lled his killg “reprehensible” and “eply unjt” and said was worried about the latg vlence targetg gay Kenyans. “This is a ighteng crime but ’s beg mon Kenya — evince of a growg epimic of vlence the untry, ” the anizatn said a is not illegal to intify as a homosexual Kenya, a lonial-era law crimaliz nsensual gay sex as “agast the orr of nature, ” wh those ught facg up to 14 years prison.
Arrts and prosecutn unr the laws are rare, but activists say they enable homophobia, and expose members of L. Chiloba was a fashn signer and mol who often spoke up about gay rights, and how clivy and diversy were at the heart of his brand.
KILLG OF LGBTQ+ ACTIVIST PROMPTS OUTCRY OVER ANTI-GAY ATTACKS KENYA
Homosexualy is taboo Kenya and across much of Ai and gay people often face discrimatn or persecutn. Attempts to overturn Brish lonial-era laws banng homosexualy Kenya have proven unsuccsful, and gay sex remas a punishable crime wh penalti that clu imprisonment of up to 14 years. Many homophobic attacks have taken place Kenya, but the vtigatn has yet to terme a motive for the Edw Kiprotich Kiptoo, Edw Chiloba was 25 years old.
MURR OF GAY ACTIVIST TRIGGERS TRMA FOR KENYA’S LGBTIQ MUNY
The r qutn has turned up and is beg tted for possible ’s ath remds that gay bodi ntue to be targeted across the untryThe Kenya Natnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights CommissnThe topsy was ma public on Wednday and revealed that the young fashn signer and mol died of asphyxiatn.
Rosele O, the chairwoman of Kenya’s Natnal Commissn on Human Rights, stated that “ is worryg that those perceived as different ntue to be attacked”; she also mentned the murrs of three other gay rights activists the last two years.
KENYANS ENRAGED AFTER BTAL MURR OF GAY WOMAN, SHEILA LUMUMBA
Homosexual relatnships are a crime Kenya and punishable by up to 14 years prison; some 30 Ain untri have siar legislatn. At the other extreme, South Ai is the only Ain untry where gay marriag are legal. Even untri where homosexualy is not officially a crime, homophobia is wispread, leadg to social impuny for those who attack April 17, 2022, Kenyan activist Sheila Lumumba’s lifels body was found her home.
The prev year, transgenr activist Eri Chandra and gay rights advote Joash Mosoti were also murred. “Edw’s ath remds that gay bodi ntue to be targeted across the untry, ” the Kenya Natnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn observed on s Instagram page a few days up for our weekly newsletter to get more English-language news verage om EL PAÍS USA Edn.
Rights activists spect the killg was one a seri of hate crim Kenya, where homosexualy is illegal. Kebo add that, “We’ve also seen creased homophobia, pecially onle. Unr a Brish lonial-era law, homosexualy is illegal Kenya.