Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Jan 29, 2026 (AFP) - Indonesia couple caned 140 times for sex outside marriage, alcohol

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2026-01-29

Sharia police caned a couple 140 times each in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, likely one of the severest such punishments since the deeply conservative region adopted Islamic law. Sexual relations between an unmarried couple are strictly outlawed in Aceh, the only place in Indonesia to impose a version of sharia. The couple, a man and a woman, were struck on their backs with a rattan st......

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