A woman in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, publicly receives 100 lashes as punishment for “sex outside marriage” under local rules implementing Sharia law, according to reports from the UK. Sources say the woman and her partner are caned in a public setting in Banda Aceh, where Sharia is enforced and the national government has limited ability to intervene in local matters.
One outlet reports the woman faints during the punishment and describes the incident as occurring after she is struck 100 times. Another account similarly states that the woman collapses following the caning, framing the punishment as a judicial outcome under local religious-legal practice. Both reports refer to the case as a consequence of an “extramarital” relationship being prosecuted in Banda Aceh.
The accounts agree on the location, the nature of the offence cited, the use of public caning, and that the woman faints after receiving the lashes, but they provide limited additional detail about the broader legal process or subsequent actions.
