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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
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News Indonesia » Aceh » Culture: 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 » Culture: Indonesia’s Aceh Province Continues Caning as a Form of Punishment
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
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: In Indonesia’s Aceh, Indigenous communities seek recognition of their forest rights
The Indonesian government is set to recognize community claims to ancestral forests in Aceh province, on the island of Sumatra, for the first time in history. Thirteen Indigenous communities in Aceh ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Culture: 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 ...