Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Shariah Law official uses a rattan cane to whip one of two men convicted of gay sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh ...

Two men publicly flogged in Indonesia after being found guilty of gay sex - College students were arrested last November after neighbours broke into their rented room and found them naked and hugging ...

Banda Aceh. At least 52 inmates escaped from Kutacane Penitentiary in Southeast Aceh Regency after allegedly demanding ...

Mashudi revealed that the conditions at the Kutacane correctional facility were dire, with overcrowding pushing the prison to ...

The Banda Aceh Public Order Agency and Wilayatul Hisbah (Satpol PP WH), or "shariah police", plans to intensify monitoring during Ramadan to prevent violations of Islamic law under a mandate from the ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex. Former Philippines president ...

(250303) -- BANDA ACEH, March 3, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy the fast-breaking evening meal of iftar during the Islamic ...

The Chairman of the Oil Palm Smallholders Union (SPKS) Aceh, Abubakar AR, is assisting cooperatives and farmer groups in ...

Indonesia's Aceh Province Publicly Canes Two Men for Same-Sex Relationship BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) -Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex. The couple, aged 24 and 18, were ...

The Acehnese capital's "sharia police" is planning to ramp up patrols and public campaigns to ensure compliance with Islamic law during the holy fasting month, which is expected to begin on March 1 ...