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An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province sentences 2 men to public caning for having gay sex ...

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An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's Aceh province sentenced two men to 80 public canings each for engaging in what the court identified as sexual acts, marking the fifth such verdict since 2015.

A sharia court in Indonesia has sentenced to men to public caning 80 times each after they were caught kissing. Their trial ...

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