Two men to receive 85 lashes for gay sex in Aceh

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated May 18 2017 - 1:08am, first published 12:55am
Two men were today sentenced to 85 lashes of the cane for having gay sex in Aceh. 17 May 2017. Photo credit: Junaidi Hanafiah Story Jewel Topsfield Photo: Raihal Fajri
Two men were today sentenced to 85 lashes of the cane for having gay sex in Aceh. 17 May 2017. Photo credit: Junaidi Hanafiah Story Jewel Topsfield Photo: Raihal Fajri

Jakarta: An Indonesian man gasped in horror after learning he and another man had been sentenced to 85 lashes for gay sex in the first conviction for homosexuality in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province.

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