Women and children are disproportionately harmed, with the regulations normalising violence against women and prioritises ...

'I have a friend who said "you have to be the most honest person anywhere in the world".' ...

Three female officers took turns striking the woman with a rattan cane before she lost consciousness, witnesses said.

The punishment, carried out in Banda Aceh, was among the harshest imposed in recent years and drew renewed criticism from human rights groups over the continued use of public flogging in the province.

Police in Indonesia’s ultra-conservative Aceh province lashed a woman and her lover 140 times each on Thursday for having sex ...

The punishment was carried out in a public park in Banda Aceh, where dozens of people gathered to watch. The woman fainted ...

A couple were caned 140 times each by sharia police in Indonesia for having sex outside of marriage and drinking alcohol.

A woman in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, fainted after being caned 140 times in public by the sharia police for having sex outside ...

The punishment, carried out before onlookers in Banda Aceh, is among the harshest imposed since the province adopted Islamic law in 2001 ...

A couple in Indonesia’s Aceh province were publicly caned 140 times each for having sex outside marriage and consuming ...

In total, the couple received 140 lashes: 100 for sex outside marriage and 40 for alcohol consumption, according to the head ...

The couple, a man and a woman, were struck on their backs with a rattan stick in a public park while dozens of people watched ...