Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a hall in Banda Aceh’s Bustanussalatin city park. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned ...

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Indonesia's Aceh Province Publicly Canes Two Men for Same ... The caning was witnessed by dozens of people including their family members. One received 77 lashes while the other received 82 ...

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Two university students have been flogged 185 times with rattan sticks in Indonesia for engaging in same-sex sexual relations. An Islamic Shariah court in the conservative Aceh province sentenced the ...

It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for homosexuality since the Islamic law was implemented in 2006 as a concession made by ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic ...