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You are here: Home / Gay Couple Publicly Whipped More Than 80 Times in Indonesia for Having Sex

Gay Couple Publicly Whipped More Than 80 Times in Indonesia for Having Sex

July 13, 2018 by Andy Towle Leave a Comment

A gay couple was whipped more than 80 times in a public square in Indonesia’s Aceh province, where Sharia Law is observed.

AFP reports: ‘A crowd of about 1,000 people, including tourists from neighboring Malaysia, snapped pictures and shouted “flog them harder” as a hooded figure rained down lashes from a rattan cane on their backs. The unidentified men were the second gay couple whipped in public this year in Aceh, underscoring the increasing discrimination faced by Indonesia’s small LGBT community. Aceh is the only region in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, that imposes Islamic law. Public flogging is a common punishment for a range of offenses including gambling, drinking alcohol, and having gay sex or relations outside of marriage.’

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aceh, Indonesia, International LGBT Rights

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