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

In the conservative Muslim province of Aceh in Indonesia, two gay men have been sentenced by an Islamic Shariah court to ...

An Islamic Shariah court has sentenced two men to public caning for engaging in gay sex. The couple, aged 24 and 18, were ...

In a shocking ruling, an Islamic Shariah court in Muslim-majority Indonesia’s Aceh province on Monday, sentenced two men to ...

Sentences include a maximum penalty of eight years’ imprisonment and 100 lashes.  Last year, on 7 November, a couple who ...

While gay sex is not illegal elsewhere in Indonesia -- the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation -- it is illegal in ...

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

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An Islamic Syariah court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having ...

Two men in Aceh, Indonesia, sentenced to public caning for gay sex, highlighting the strict Shariah law in the region.