Two men caned in Indonesia for gay sex

Two men in Indonesia's Aceh province have been publicly caned dozens of times for consensual gay sex.

Tue, 23 May, 2017 - 08:54

Two men in Indonesia's Aceh province have been publicly caned dozens of times for consensual gay sex.

The punishment was denounced by rights advocates as "medieval torture" and intensifies an anti-gay backlash in the world's most populous Muslim country.

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