Body of fashion designer and model Edwin Chiloba, 25, found stuffed in metal box by side of road, say reports
Edwin Chiloba, who used fashion to ‘deconstruct gender and advocate for the rights of the marginalised group’, say campaigners.Edwin Chiloba, who used fashion to ‘deconstruct gender and advocate for the rights of the marginalised group’, say campaigners.Last modified on Fri 6 Jan 2023 13.01 GMT
Edwin Chiloba, a 25-year-old fashion designer and model, was found dead by the side of a road on Wednesday 25 miles outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret in westernThe police spokesperson Resila Onyango told Kenya’s Star newspaper the motive for the killing was still unknown. “Experts are handling the matter,” Onyango said.
Homosexuality is taboo in Kenya and across much of Africa and gay people often face discrimination or persecution. Attempts to overturn British colonial-era laws banning homosexuality in Kenya have proven unsuccessful, and“It is truly worrisome that we continue to witness escalation in violence targeting LGBTQ+ Kenyans,” the Kenya Human Rights Commission said in a statement on Friday.
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