With the exception of Aceh, homosexuality is not illegal in Indonesia, but the country’s low-profile LGBT community has been under siege in the past years. Caning is also punishment for adultery, gambling, drinking and for women who wear tight clothes and men who skip Friday prayers.
The men were arrested in November after residents became suspicious and broke into their rented room where they were caught having sex, said Heru Triwijanarko, Aceh’s acting Sharia police chief.Ī Shariah court last month sentenced each man to 80 strokes, but they were caned 77 times after a remission for time spent in prison.įour other people received 17 strokes for extra-marital relations and 40 strokes for drinking alcohol.Ī Shariah code allows up to 100 lashes for morality offenses including gay sex. The men, aged 27 and 29, were whipped across the back and winced with pain as a team of five enforcers wearing robes and hoods took turns, relieving one another after every 40 strokes. Anthony Recording Are you serious Girl Oh my gosh. It's the third time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for homosexuality since the Islamic law was implemented in 2015 as a concession made by the government to end a long-running separatist rebellion. (piano music) It says Youre hella gay, Im hella straight, but youre like my brother, so be my date. A sexually awakening gay teen athlete finds himself in a budding relationship with his mutually attracted relay race teammate. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned each 77 times Thursday after neighbors reported them to Islamic religious police for having sex.ĭozens of people witnessed the caning at Banda Aceh’s Tamansari city park. With Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet, Jonas Smulders, Ton Kas.