Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a public hall in Banda Aceh. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for homosexuality since the Islamic law was implemented in 2006.

Two men talk with their lawyer inside a courtroom as they are being judged for having gay sex, at a Sharia court in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Monday, Feb 24, 2025.

Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having gay sex. Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a hall in Banda Aceh’s Bustanussalatin city park.

Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other. Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a hall in Banda Aceh’s Bustanussalatin city park.

A Shariah law official uses a rattan cane to whip one of two men convicted of gay sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.(AP Photo/ Reza

Officer escorts two gay men out of a holding cell for the start of their trial at Sharia court in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Monday, Feb 24, 2025. (AP Photo/ Reza

Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having gay sex.

Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned on Thursday in Aceh province, prompting calls by Amnesty International for the government to put an end to the practice.

One man, accused of initiating the relationship, received 82 lashes, while the other was punished with 77 strokes. And, both of them were caned with a rattan stick

An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province has sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex.

The Acehnese capital's "sharia police" is planning to ramp up patrols and public campaigns to ensure compliance with Islamic law during the holy fasting month, which is expected to begin on March 1 this year.

College students were arrested last November after neighbours broke into their rented room and found them naked and hugging