Indonesian men caned for consensual gay sex in Aceh
(The Guardian Indonesia)

Hundreds packed mosque´s courtyard to witness the canings in Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practise sharia lawTwo men in Indonesia´s Aceh province have been publicly caned dozens of times for consensual gay sex, a punishment rights advocates denounced as `medieval torture` and escalates an anti-gay backlash.Man given 85 lashes for gay sex in Aceh - the first time this punishment imposed for homosexuality pic.twitter.com/5WownDwGi5 Related: `No room` in Indonesia for gay rights, says president`s spokesman Continue reading...