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In Indonesia, gay sex is now punishable by 100 lashes
Anyone caught having homosexual sex can face up to 100 strokes of a cane, a fine of up to 2.2 pounds of gold (about $37,400), and imprisonment of up to 100 months.
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Muslim Indonesian province to punish gay sex with 100 lashes with cane
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Lawmakers in a conservative Muslim Indonesian province passed a law Saturday that punishes gay sex by public caning and subjects non-Muslims to the region’s strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law. Human rights groups have said the law violates international treaties signed by Indonesia protecting the rights of …
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Indonesian province considers caning for gay sex
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Men and women caught having homosexual sex could be publicly caned in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province if an Islam-inspired draft law is approved this week. Lawmaker Moharriadi Syafari said a majority of provincial lawmakers supported criminalizing gay sex…
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Obama’s childhood nanny in Indonesia is a transgender women who fears for her life
JAKARTA, Indonesia – A 66-year-old transgender woman in Indonesia, living in fear in the streets because of her sexual identity, tells The Associated Press in an exclusive story that she was once the nanny to President Barack Obama and his baby sister, Maya.