Indonesia | Crowd cheers as gay men whipped in public
A gay couple are among a group of 15 people who were publicly flogged in Indonesia on Friday for Sharia “crimes”, including homosexuality. According to CNN, the men – who had been found guilty of having consensual sex – received 87 lashes each as a large crowd watched and jeered outside the Baiturrahim Mosque in […]
Trump and Putin challenged over Chechnya gay purge
Rights groups have called out Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin for their inaction over Chechnya’s anti-LGBTQ purge, with a giant projected message in Finland. The scrolling message was projected by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) onto the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on Sunday evening, ahead of the Trump-Putin summit. The historic meeting will held in […]