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News Indonesia » Aceh » Culture: At Indonesia’s sharia frontier, 21 lashes for a TikTok kiss ‘is our right’

News channel or source: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3360159/indonesias-sharia-frontier-21-lashes-tiktok-kiss-our-right
Published on: Friday 10 July 2026

Caning in Aceh uses a thin rattan cane and is carried out over clothing while the perpetrator stands or kneels before the algojo, who wears a hooded robe to protect their anonymity. All algojo are ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Culture: Reminiscing Aceh tsunami through romance novel

News channel or source: https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2016/11/08/reminiscing-aceh-tsunami-through-romance-novel
Published on: Monday 07 November 2016

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News Indonesia » Aceh » Culture: Shariah court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to up to 85 lashes for having gay sex

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/shariah-court-indonesia-sentences-2-095320438.html
Published on: Sunday 23 February 2025

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 » Culture: Indonesia’s Aceh Province Continues Caning as a Form of Punishment

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2026/05/indonesias-aceh-province-continues-caning-as-a-form-of-punishment/
Published on: Friday 29 May 2026

Indonesia’s conservative Aceh Province has once again carried out a mass public caning. On May 12, the Southeast Aceh Prosecutor’s Office punished some 15 convicts by flogging the group with over 200 ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Culture: Lessons from Aceh: How language unites and segregates in conflicts

News channel or source: https://theconversation.com/lessons-from-aceh-how-language-unites-and-segregates-in-conflicts-245481
Published on: Friday 13 December 2024

20 years have passed since the Aceh tsunami, leaving deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those directly affected. Aceh was also recovering from a three-decade armed conflict between the Free Aceh ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Culture: Aceh’s Bitter Lesson, Relearned

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2025/12/acehs-bitter-lesson-relearned/
Published on: Tuesday 23 December 2025

In 2004, Aceh was hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2025, Indonesia’s most disaster-aware province was among the worst hit by floods. Scene of destruction in the aftermath of Cyclone Senyar.

News Indonesia » Aceh » Culture: Aceh imposes record 140 lashes for extramarital relations, alcohol

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/society-culture-and-history/religion-and-spirituality/aceh-imposes-record-140-lashes-for-extramarital-relations-alcohol/ar-AA1VmFXk
Published on: Friday 30 January 2026

Public caning was carried out in Aceh Province, Indonesia’s most Islamic region applying the strictest laws, against a man and woman caught on charges of extramarital relations and alcohol consumption ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Culture: Indonesia, Aceh Rebels Sign Pact

News channel or source: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-16-fg-aceh16-story.html
Published on: Monday 15 August 2005

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — The Indonesian government and Acehnese rebel leaders signed a landmark agreement Monday in Helsinki, Finland, that ends one of Asia’s longest-running wars and brings peace to a ...