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Three Indonesian Christians caned for drinking alcohol Men opted to be flogged in public in Aceh province to avoid a prison sentence A Christian man reacts while being publicly caned by a member of the Sharia police after he was caught drinking alcohol in Banda Aceh on Feb. 8. (Photo: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP) Three Christians were flogged in public in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Feb. 8 after being caught drinking alcohol at a small shop in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, according to a local government official. Heru Triwijanarko, acting head of the Banda Aceh public order agency and Sharia police, said the three unnamed men received 40 strokes of the cane for violating bylaws prohibiting alcohol. ....
A GAY couple were flogged in Aceh province, justice officials said, in a public spectacle lambasted by human rights groups. The two men were whipped nearly 80 times each for having gay sex, which is outlawed in Aceh province under local Islamic law. The pair, who were not identified, winced in pain and pleaded for the whipping to stop, as a masked syariah officer beat their backs with a rattan stick. The punishment was briefly halted and the men, both in their twenties, were allowed a drink of water before it continued. The mother of one man fainted at the sight of her son being whipped. ....
news LGBT rights: Indonesia s Aceh flogs two men for having sex The New Nation photo by The men winced in pain as they were beaten in front of a crowd in the capital Banda Aceh. BBC : Two men have been publicly caned in the conservative Indonesian province of Aceh for having sex. The pair each received 77 lashes from a masked officer in front of a crowd in the capital Banda Aceh. They were reported by neighbours back in November. Aceh is the only region of Indonesia that imposes Islamic law. Four others were also whipped for offences that included gambling, drinking alcohol and meeting members of the opposite sex. ....