Two Indonesian gay men were caned in public last week despite the government’s pledge that such barbaric punishment would not be continued. The men were whipped 80 times each with a rattan cane as ...

The five couples flogged Thursday received between four and 22 strokes from a rattan cane outside a mosque in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, after they served several months in prison. A group of ...

Five couples received up to 22 strokes each outside a mosque in Banda Aceh - after already serving months inside prison. The punishments were meted out by a masked 'religious officer' - in front of a ...

A mob of hundreds - including young children - watched as the masked 'religious officer' lashed the offenders until they winced in pain UNMARRIED couples were brutally whipped in public today after ...