Indonesia News » Aceh News Indonesia » Aceh: Illegal gold mining continues in Indonesia’s Aceh despite government crackdown pledge
Two weeks after government and law enforcement leaders vowed to crack down on illegal gold mining in the semiautonomous Indonesian province of Aceh, local communities on the ground say excavators are ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Shariah court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to up to 85 lashes for having gay sex
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 ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Aceh canes four Indonesians 100 strokes each for sex outside marriage
Officials in Indonesia’s staunchly Islamic Aceh province publicly caned two women and two men 100 strokes each for engaging in sex outside of marriage, ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Aceh’s community fishers struggle to preserve tradition amid blooms of plastic pollution
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Coastal communities in Indonesia’s Aceh province have practiced community fish trawling since the time of the Aceh Sultanate, but the tradition ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Reflecting on 20 years of the Aceh tsunami: From 'megathrust' threat to disaster mitigation
20 years have passed since the Aceh tsunami, which left deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those directly affected. Aceh was also recovering from a three-decade armed conflict between the Free ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Islamic court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to public caning over sexual acts
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic court in Indonesia 's conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, after Islamic religious police caught them engaged ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: In Indonesia’s Aceh, a once-isolated forest hosts local travelers on bamboo rafts
In the semiautonomous region of Aceh, an Indigenous community has repurposed the bamboo rafts they use to commute downriver to sell tourism services to nearby urban settlements. The forests of Samar ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Aceh, Indonesia: When Dating Meets Sharia Law
An Acehnese Sharia police officer mans a checkpoint as a Muslim woman walks past by in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Oct. 19, 2013. Credit: AP Photo/Heri Juanda Fajran Zain still remembers the ...
News Indonesia » Aceh: Aceh Under Martial Law: Human Rights Under Fire
After the collapse of peace talks on May 19, 2003, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri signed Presidential Decree 28, authorizing Indonesia's security forces to launch full-scale military ...