Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a public hall in Banda Aceh. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for homosexuality since the Islamic law was implemented in 2006.

College students were arrested last November after neighbours broke into their rented room and found them naked and hugging

Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned on Thursday in Aceh province, prompting calls by Amnesty International for the government to put an end to the practice.

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

Two men were publicly caned in Aceh for same-sex relations under Sharia law, while two others faced caning for gambling offenses.

Two men were publicly flogged in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Thursday after they were found guilty of sexual relations by a court operating under strict Islamic law.

Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship have been publicly caned in Aceh province, prompting calls by Amnesty International for the government to put an end to the practice.