The five couples flogged Thursday received between four and 22 strokes from a rattan cane outside a mosque in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, after they served several months in prison. A group of ...

Five unmarried couples were publicly flogged for breaking Sharia law in Indonesia - the world's largest Muslim-majority country. Religious police caught them either cuddling, holding hands or having ...

INDONESIA: An elderly Christian woman has been caned in a conservative Indonesian province for selling alcohol, the first time someone from outside the Islamic faith has been punished there under ...

One woman and two men received 100 strokes of the rattan as dozens of spectators cheered on in Lhokseumawe, near Indonesia's Banda Aceh province Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE ...

A child rapist who was whipped until he collapsed will be lashed again once his wounds recover. The man, named only has Roni, was due to be hit 169 times but collapsed after 52. Medical examiners ...

A convicted child rapist was whipped until he collapsed in the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh under the province's strict Sharia Laws. The man, named only as Roni in local reports, was due to be hit ...

An Indonesian man who fainted as he was being whipped for pre-marital sex today was revived to receive the rest of his punishment before being rushed to hospital. Despite international condemnation, ...

Nur Elita received five strokes of the cane for having pre-marital sex with her boyfriend, according to local media. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, ...

A group of men caught gambling were publicly whipped in Indonesia’s conservative Muslim province of Aceh on Tuesday as a crowd looked on and jeered. The half-dozen men were arrested this year at an ...

Two Indonesians caught having premarital sex were flogged a hundred times each on Friday in conservative Aceh province with a fraction of the usual crowd watching, due in part to coronavirus fears.

Five couples received up to 22 strokes each outside a mosque in Banda Aceh - after already serving months inside prison. The punishments were meted out by a masked 'religious officer' - in front of a ...

A mob of hundreds - including young children - watched as the masked 'religious officer' lashed the offenders until they winced in pain UNMARRIED couples were brutally whipped in public today after ...