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Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province

Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province

Aceh’s Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married
Aceh is the only province in Muslim-majority Indonesia that enforces a version of Islamic law

By AP · 02 July 2026

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Men wait to receive privately donated aid in in eastern Aceh regency of Aceh Tamiang, on Dec. 14, 2025. (AFP)

A month on, flood-struck Aceh still reels from worst disaster since 2004 tsunami

By Sheany Yasuko Lai · 26 December 2025

Nearly 1,000 Rohingya refugees arrive by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh region in one week

Nearly 1,000 Rohingya refugees arrive by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh region in one week

By AP · 21 November 2023

In Indonesia’s ‘Makkah porch,’ Hajj rekindles centuries-old bond with Arabia

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In Indonesia’s ‘Makkah porch,’ Hajj rekindles centuries-old bond with Arabia

By Sheany Yasuko Lai · 27 June 2022

UAE to develop $500 million tourism resort in Indonesia’s Aceh

UAE to develop $500 million tourism resort in Indonesia’s Aceh

By ISMIRA LUTFIA TISNADIBRATA · 06 March 2021

Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province to restrict access to public floggings

Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province to restrict access to public floggings

By Reuters · 12 April 2018

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