Gay sex is outlawed in Aceh, which imposes a version of sharia, the Islamic legal code, but it is not illegal elsewhere in the world's most populous Muslim majority country.

The men were among a group of 10 publicly flogged in Banda Aceh under sharia law, which is not applied elsewhere in Indonesia.

Les relations homosexuelles sont interdites dans la province conservatrice d’Aceh, qui applique strictement la loi islamique. Amnesty International estime que ces sanctions…