An Islamic court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, for what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing

According to NBC News, they were arrested in April after residents reported seeing them enter the same toilet at Taman Sari city park The post Two young men ‘sentenced to 80 strokes of public caning’ after hugging and kissing in Indonesia appeared first on Attitude.

Monday’s verdict was the fifth time that Aceh has sentenced people to public caning for homosexuality since the Islamic law was implemented in 2015 as a concession made by the government to end a long-running separatist rebellion.

An Islamic court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two college students to 80 lashes each in public after they were found guilty of engaging in what the court described as sexual acts,

Two men have been reportedly sentenced to public caning in Indonesia for hugging and kissing in a toilet. A court in the Aceh province delivered the ruling on Monday, August 11, after the pair were arrested in April.

The two college students will be lashed 80 times each after a judge said they violated Islamic law by committing acts that lead to gay sexual relations.

Monday's verdict was the fifth time that Aceh has sentenced people to public caning for homosexuality since strict Islamic law was implemented in the province. View on euronews