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 ...

Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned on Thursday in Aceh province, prompting calls by Amnesty International for the government to put an end to the ...

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

An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex.

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

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — 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. Dozens of people ...

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.

Two men suspected of having a gay sex are canned in Aceh, the only Indonesian province with strict Sharia laws ...

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