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An Islamic court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, for what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing.

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An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's Aceh province sentenced two men to public caning for engaging in what was ...

An Islamic court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two college students to 80 lashes each in ...

A sharia court in Indonesia has sentenced to men to public caning 80 times each after they were caught kissing. Their trial at the Islamic Shariah District Court in Banda Aceh, the capital of ...

Dozens of people witnessed the caning at Banda Aceh's Tamansari city park. It's the third time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for homosexuality ...