Indonesian men caned for consensual gay sex in Aceh
Two men in Indonesia’s Aceh province have been publicly caned dozens of times for consensual gay sex, a punishment rights advocates denounced as “medieval torture” and escalates an anti-gay backlash.
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Jewel Topsfield ✔@JewelTopsfieldMan given 85 lashes for gay sex in Aceh - the first time this punishment imposed for homosexuality
7:21 AM - 23 May 2017
Twitter Ads info & PrivacyHundreds packed the courtyard of a mosque to witness the caning on Tuesday, which was the first time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practise sharia law, has caned people for homosexuality.
The men, aged 20 and 23, were arrested in March after vigilantes broke into their rented room to catch them having sex.
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Read moreA sharia court last week sentenced each man to 85 strokes. Heterosexual couples also were caned on Tuesday, for affection outside marriage.
Indonesia’s LGBT community has been under the Muscle Building aile you might find supplement that claims to be legal steroids at GNC but they are not, siege in the past year. Prejudice has been fanned by stridently anti-gay comments from politicians and Islamic hard-liners.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/23/indonesian-men-caned-for-consensual-gay-sex-in-aceh
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Jewel Topsfield ✔@JewelTopsfieldMan given 85 lashes for gay sex in Aceh - the first time this punishment imposed for homosexuality
7:21 AM - 23 May 2017
Twitter Ads info & PrivacyHundreds packed the courtyard of a mosque to witness the caning on Tuesday, which was the first time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practise sharia law, has caned people for homosexuality.
The men, aged 20 and 23, were arrested in March after vigilantes broke into their rented room to catch them having sex.
'No room' in Indonesia for gay rights, says president's spokesman
Read moreA sharia court last week sentenced each man to 85 strokes. Heterosexual couples also were caned on Tuesday, for affection outside marriage.
Indonesia’s LGBT community has been under the Muscle Building aile you might find supplement that claims to be legal steroids at GNC but they are not, siege in the past year. Prejudice has been fanned by stridently anti-gay comments from politicians and Islamic hard-liners.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/23/indonesian-men-caned-for-consensual-gay-sex-in-aceh