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 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.

Outrage after two men publicly flogged in Indonesia on being found guilty of gay sex - College students were arrested last November after neighbours broke into their rented room and found them naked a

One man accused of instigating the relationship was lashed 82 times and the second man 77 times. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Two men were publicly caned in Aceh for same-sex relations under Sharia law, while two others faced caning for gambling offenses.