caning - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 06 Sep 2018 04:18:33 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg caning - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Public caning for Malaysian Muslim lesbians https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/09/06/malaysian-muslim-lesbian-caned/ Thu, 06 Sep 2018 07:55:40 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=111477 Two Malaysian Muslim lesbians received a public caning after being convicted under Islamic laws of attempting to have sexual relations. Lawyers and activists say the women, aged 22 and 32, were seated on stools facing the judges and given six strokes from a light rattan cane on their backs by female prison officers. More than Read more

Public caning for Malaysian Muslim lesbians... Read more]]> Two Malaysian Muslim lesbians received a public caning after being convicted under Islamic laws of attempting to have sexual relations.

Lawyers and activists say the women, aged 22 and 32, were seated on stools facing the judges and given six strokes from a light rattan cane on their backs by female prison officers.

More than 100 people witnessed the caning. Read more

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