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Outcry in Malaysia over two women sentenced to caning for lesbian sex

Human rights activists on Tuesday called on Malaysian authorities to review a religious court decision sentencing two women to six strokes for having sex.

The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is routinely persecuted in Muslim-majority Malaysia, where they are seen as a threat to conservative values.

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