Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a public hall in Banda Aceh. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in ...

Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned on Thursday in Aceh province, ...

Each year since then, more than 100 people have been publicly caned. Aceh implemented an expansion of Islamic bylaws and criminal code in 2015 that extended Shariah law to the province’s non ...

Each year since then, more than 100 people have been publicly caned. Caning is also a punishment in Aceh for gambling, drinking alcohol, women who wear tight clothes and men who skip Friday prayers.

Aceh has become increasingly conservative and restrictive in ... The year before, Indonesia’s criminal code was condemned as a “human rights disaster” for LGBTQ+ people by the Centre for Indonesian ...