They are some countries that doesn’t allow the same gender to date/ being involved in sexual orientation.
According to independent; A Shariah court in Indonesia’s Aceh province sentenced two men to public caning after neighbourhood vigilantes caught them having gay sex in a rented room.
The publication broke down some details regarding the matter as they shared: The court found them guilty and sentenced them to 85 and 80 lashes, with the older man receiving a harsher punishment for allegedly facilitating the act.
According to the publication; the punishment, carried out by five enforcers in robes and hoods, involved lashes across their backs with breaks for water and medical treatment after 20 strokes.
This was the fourth time Aceh had flogged people for homosexuality since implementing Shariah law in 2006 under a peace deal to end a separatist rebellion.
The two college students were arrested last November after neighbours, suspected them of being gay, broke into their rented room and found them naked and hugging.
An Islamic Shariah court sentenced them to 85 and 80 lashes, but they received 82 and 77 strokes after a remission for time served. One of the men was so weak after the final lash he reportedly had to be carried.
The situation was intervained by Indonesian human rights researcher Andreas Harsono who urged government to learn from its mistakes.
He said “The Aceh government should learn from these mistakes and review their Islamic criminal code.”
Amnesty International called the punishment a “horrifying act of discrimination” against the men.
Even deputy regional director Montse Ferrer blamed the government for their actions and pleaded with officials to consider the law.
She said “Intimate sexual relations between consenting adults should never be criminalised, and no one should be punished because of their real or perceived sexual orientation.”
BY LUCKY SEANEGO
