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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 » Life: At Indonesia’s sharia frontier, 21 lashes for a TikTok kiss ‘is our right’
Rights groups call it torture. Aceh's residents reveal a more nuanced debate than outrage allows Footage of the punishment quickly went viral: an unmarried couple each receiving 21 lashes of the cane ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Life: Indonesia's Aceh votes to decide life after war
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Vote counting began on Monday in the once-rebellious Indonesian province of Aceh in a landmark election aimed at bolstering a peace deal between the government and ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Life: UNHCR returns to Indonesia's Aceh province to provide shelter assistance
JAKARTA, June 27 (UNHCR) - The government of Indonesia announced on Saturday that the UN refugee agency had been invited to return to Indonesia's Aceh province to assist in providing shelter as part ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Life: 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 » Life: 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 » Life: Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province
A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream. The ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Life: Serius Ini di Indonesia? Pantai Anoi Itam di Sabang Aceh Cantiknya Kelewatan
TRIBUNSTYLE.COM - Kalau selama ini Sabang identik dengan Pulau Rubiah atau Tugu Kilometer Nol Indonesia, mungkin sudah saatnya mencoba destinasi yang sedikit berbeda. Tak jauh dari pusat Kota Sabang, ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Life: Danau Paling Cantik di Ujung Indonesia? Aneuk Laot di Pulau Weh Sabang Aceh Bikin Liburan Berkelas
Kalau akhir pekan nanti masih bingung mau healing ke mana, mungkin saatnya melirik satu sudut cantik di Pulau Weh yang sering luput dari daftar destinasi wisata. TRIBUNSTYLE.COM - Jauh dari hiruk piku ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Life: Why Aceh is a rare place of welcome for Rohingya refugees
In late June 2020, 99 Rohingya asylum seekers arrived by boat on the coast of the Indonesian province of Aceh, having been stranded at sea for more than 120 days. As authorities deliberated about ...