Couple receive 77 lashes for gay sex in Indonesia
Rights groups condemn punishment against men carried out in front of their parents
A file image of a public flogging in Indonesia s Aceh province. (Photo: YouTube)
Two gay men were caned 77 times in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Jan. 28 after being caught having sex, officials said.
The men, aged 26 and 34 but not named, were flogged in public in front of at least 100 people, including their parents, in provincial capital Banda Aceh.
The conservative province has Sharia-based bylaws where several offenses, including homosexuality, are punishable by flogging. Homosexuality is not illegal in other parts of Indonesia.