BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other. Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a hall in Banda Aceh’s ...

Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned on Thursday in Aceh province, prompting calls by Amnesty International for the government to put an end to the practice.

An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex.

One man, accused of initiating the relationship, received 82 lashes, while the other was punished with 77 strokes. And, both of them were caned with a rattan stick

In a shocking ruling, an Islamic Shariah court in Muslim-majority Indonesia’s Aceh province on Monday, sentenced two men to 85 public caning for engaging in gay sex. “During the trial it was proven that the defendants committed illicit acts,

College students were arrested last November after neighbours broke into their rented room and found them naked and hugging

Two men were publicly caned in Aceh for same-sex relations under Sharia law, while two others faced caning for gambling offenses.

The Acehnese capital's "sharia police" is planning to ramp up patrols and public campaigns to ensure compliance with Islamic law during the holy fasting month, which is expected to begin on March 1 this year.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other. Dozens of ...

Indonesia's Aceh Province Publicly Canes Two Men for Same-Sex Relationship BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) -Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned ...