Malaysia: Two Women Face Caning for Same-Sex Conduct

Expand LGBT people in Malaysia face discrimination and abuse from state officials and agents, including public sector health workers, teachers, and local government administrators. © 2014 Javad Tizmaghz for Human Rights Watch (Bangkok) – Malaysian authorities should drop the case against two women for same-sex relations before their scheduled caning on August 28, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. A court convicted the two on August 12 of violating a state Shariah law that criminalizes sex between women and sentenced each to six strokes of the cane and an RM 3,300 (US$800) fine. The Malaysian…

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