Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having gay sex.

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.

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