Heri Juanda, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Police officer escorts two men accused of having gay sex into a holding cell to wait for the start of their trial at Shariah court in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. A Shariah court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province has sentenced two gay men to public caning for the first time, further tarnishing the country's moderate image after a top Christian politician was imprisoned for blasphemy. (AP Photo/Heri Juanda)

Indonesian Shariah court sentences gay couple to public caning

by Heri Juanda Associated Press, and Stephen Wright Associated PressMay 17, 2017

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two gay men to public caning for the first time, further undermining the country’s moderate image after a top Christian politician was imprisoned…