17 September 2009

Stories from 17 September 2009

Aceh, Indonesia: Adulterers will be stoned to death

  17 September 2009

Bad news for adulterers and homosexuals in Aceh, Indonesia: The Regional House of Representatives has passed a law that imposes a punishment of stoning to death against married adulterers and 100 lashes with a cane and a fine of 100 grams of pure gold against homosexuals.

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