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flag In Banda Aceh, Indonesia, a man and woman were publicly flogged 140 times each under Sharia law for sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol.

flag On January 29, 2026, a man and woman in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, were both publicly caned 140 times—100 for sex outside marriage and 40 for drinking alcohol—under Aceh's strict Sharia law. flag The punishment, administered in a public park, caused the woman to collapse and be stretchered away. flag The couple was one of six people flogged that day, including a Sharia police officer and his partner, who were given 23 lashes for being in a private setting. flag Aceh is Indonesia's only province with Sharia-based laws, which were enacted after special autonomy in 2001 and prohibit alcohol, premarital sex, and other immoral acts.

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