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Uganda: Gay activist found beheaded
There's disturbing and sad news out of Uganda today. The severed head of Ugandan LGBT rights activist Pasikali Kashusbe was found in a latrine on a farm in Uganda. Pasikali and his partner Abbey are youth workers with Integrity Uganda, a Ugandan LGBT rights group. The two organized young LGBT people in activities which helped them prepare and face the challenge of homophobia that they encounter living in Uganda.
Police identified the head as that of Pasikali Kashusbe, after his friends and family had been looking for him since he disappeared nearly four weeks ago during the time when Uganda celebrated Martyrs Day:
According to the police, a mutilated torso which was earlier in the week discovered in Kabuuma Zone, about half a kilometer away from Kiggundu's farm was probably Pasikali's The torso was described as belonging to a young man and had no genitals.