US EditionIslamic Court in Indonesia’s Aceh Province Sentences 2 Men to Public Caning Over Sexual Acts
ACEH, INDONESIA, AUG 11 – The verdict marks the fifth public caning for homosexuality since 2015 under Aceh's Shariah law, with the court reducing punishment due to the men's cooperation and clean records.
- An Islamic Shariah court in Aceh province, Indonesia, sentenced two men to 80 public caning strokes each on Monday for hugging and kissing considered sexual acts.
- The men were taken into custody in April after locals reported seeing them enter a restroom together at Taman Sari city park in Banda Aceh, prompting police to intervene and find them inside.
- Aceh, a conservative province permitted to enforce Islamic law since 2006 under a peace agreement ending a separatist conflict, has carried out public caning as a punishment for homosexuality on five occasions since the law took effect.
- The three-judge panel described the punishment as lenient due to the men’s good character and cooperation, reducing the lashes by four since they had been detained for four months.
- The prosecutor Alfian expressed dissatisfaction with the lighter sentence but said he would not appeal, while human rights groups criticized the law for violating international minority rights treaties signed by Indonesia.
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Islamic court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to public caning after they were caught hugging and kissing
An Islamic court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province sentenced two men to public caning after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing.
Islamic court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to public caning over sexual acts: kissing and hugging
The lead judge said the two college students were "legally and convincingly" proven to have violated Islamic law by committing acts that lead to gay sexual relations.
Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to public caning over sexual acts
An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning 80 times each after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court deemed were sexual acts.
Islamic court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to public caning over sexual acts: Kissing and hugging
An Islamic court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing.
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