Indonesian province stops public canings after backlash

Indonesia's conservative Aceh province will no longer allow canings for violations of Shariah law to be carried out in public, its governor said.

Indonesian province stops public canings after backlash

Indonesia's conservative Aceh province will no longer allow canings for violations of Shariah law to be carried out in public, its governor said.

The move was apparently in response to international condemnation of the caning last year of two men for gay sex.

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