A female flogging unit has been introduced in Indonesia’s Aceh province to dole out public whippings against women found violating the region’s Sharia law. One of eight new female Sharia officers ...

The province is the only one in all Indonesia where Shari'a law is in force. Fr Severi, the only Catholic priest in the area: "In reciprocal respect, the punishment should not apply to Christians".

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The masked woman nervously approaches her target, shuffles into position and then unleashes a flurry of lashes - proving herself as the newest member of the first female ...

Indonesia’s Sharia police have a unique take on diversity that might seem odd to Western ears: its historic all-female flogging squad. Banda Aceh Sharia police chief investigator Zakwan, who uses one ...

Aceh province on the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra island follows Shariah law, an Islamic criminal code that includes "morality" offenses like gambling, adultery, drinking alcohol, and having ...

(New York, May 20, 2017) – Indonesia’s President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo should immediately intervene to prevent the scheduled May 23, 2017 public flogging of two young men convicted of same-sex sexual ...

The masked woman nervously approaches her target, shuffles into position and then unleashes a flurry of lashes — proving herself as the newest member of the first female flogging squad in Indonesia’s ...

The controversial punishment enrages rights activists and generates heated media debate The first female flogger preparing to whip a woman in public, in Banda Aceh, after she was caught in close ...

BANDA ACEH (AFP) - The masked woman nervously approaches her target, shuffles into position and then unleashes a flurry of lashes -- proving herself as the newest member of the first female flogging ...