Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for ...

One man, accused of initiating the relationship, received 82 lashes, while the other was punished with 77 strokes. And, both ...

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

Two men in the country's conservative Aceh province were publicly caned after a syariah court convicted them for having sex with each other.

Aceh implemented an expansion of Islamic bylaws and criminal code in 2015 that extended Shariah law to the province’s non-Muslims, who account for about 1% of the population. The region allows ...