US EditionCouple Publicly Flogged in Indonesia for Sex Outside Marriage
- On June 4, 2025, two couples were publicly flogged with 100 lashes each for having sex outside marriage in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia.
- The flogging followed their arrest in a hotel raid late last year and reflects Aceh's strict enforcement of Sharia law since gaining special autonomy in 2001.
- The punishment used rattan canes and was witnessed by a crowd; some women cried out in pain, and at least two had to be carried away by officers.
- Aceh Mayor Illiza Sa'aduddin Djamal said the flogging serves as a "moral lesson for the community at large" and a deterrent for offenders and spectators alike.
- Despite criticism from rights groups labeling public caning as draconian, such punishments remain common and widely supported in Aceh for offenses including adultery, gambling, and alcohol consumption.
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In Indonesia, a man and a woman were beaten with a stick in public several times as punishment. This happened in the province of Aceh, where Sharia law applies. The punishment followed a conviction by the Islamic court for sex outside marriage.
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The man and the woman were whipped with a rattan stick, as were three other people who had played online and consumed alcohol.
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This Wednesday, an unmarried couple received whippings in public for having had sex. The facts took place in Aceh, an ultra-conservative province in western Indonesia.
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