Indonesia: Caning of gay men an outrageous act of cruelty
(WorldNews Indonesia)

Responding to news that two men have been caned 83 times each for having sex with each other in Indonesia´s Aceh province, Amnesty International´s Deputy Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Josef Benedict, said: `This sickening spectacle, carried out in front of more than a thousand jeering spectators, is an act of utmost cruelty. These two men had their privacy forcefully invaded when they were ambushed inside their own home, and their `punishment´ today was designed to humiliate as well as physically injure them. ......