Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Indonesia's Aceh Resumes Public Caning Despite Pledge to Curb Access

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Indonesia's ultra-conservative Aceh province held a public caning of 15 people on Friday, including of two men who received 87 lashes each for having gay sex, despite an earlier pledge to restrict access and only hold canings inside prisons. Aceh is the only province in majority-Muslim Indonesia to follow Islamic law and imposes public caning for crimes such as theft, gambling and adultery. In 2014, Aceh outlawed homosexuality. In April, Aceh governor Irwandi Yusuf said he would...

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