A man accused of having gay sex is publicly flogged in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Photo: AFP A man accused of having gay sex is publicly flogged in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Photo: AFP
A man accused of having gay sex is publicly flogged in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Photo: AFP
Indonesia
Asia /  Southeast Asia

Two Indonesian men publicly caned 80 times each in Aceh for gay sex

  • The pair winced in pain and pleaded for the whipping to stop, as a sharia officer beat their backs with a rattan stick
  • The mother of one man fainted at the sight of her son being flogged

Topic |   Indonesia
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Updated: 2:26am, 29 Jan, 2021

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A man accused of having gay sex is publicly flogged in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Photo: AFP A man accused of having gay sex is publicly flogged in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Photo: AFP
A man accused of having gay sex is publicly flogged in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Photo: AFP
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