Amnesty urges Malaysia to quash caning sentence of lesbians
Source: Associated Press
Updated 10:07 pm CDT, Tuesday, August 28, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Malaysia to quash a caning sentence for a lesbian couple, calling the punishment cruel and unjust.
Two unidentified ethnic Malay women, aged 22 and 32, had pleaded guilty for attempting to have sexual intercourse and were sentenced to six strokes of a cane and fined by a Shariah court earlier this month.
The caning in northeast Terengganu state was due Tuesday but reportedly postponed to Sept. 3 due to technical reasons. Court officials couldn't be immediately reached for comment.
Amnesty's Malaysian director Gwen Lee welcomed the deferment but said a delay was insufficient.
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