Three women were arrested for having unmarried sex and were publicly flogged in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Three women were publicly flogged in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The women were arrested for having pre-marital sex. They were joined by 14 men arrested for sexual offences and gambling and were caned in front of a mosque following Friday prayer.
Gay sex, gambling and drinking alcohol are already punishable by caning in Aceh which began implementing Sharia law after being granted special autonomy in 2001, an effort by the central government in Jakarta to quell a long-running separatist insurgency.