A young couple in Indonesia’s Aceh province is publicly caned after a sharia court convicts them of violating Islamic law for kissing during a TikTok livestream. Multiple outlets report that Aceh’s provincial version of Islamic law treats the act as a “morality” offense when the man and woman are not married. The court sentences the man and woman to receive 21 lashes each using a rattan cane. Coverage says the punishment takes place in a public park in Banda Aceh and is witnessed by at least 100 people. Several reports describe the caning being carried out on a stage by a group of men wearing robes and hoods. ABC News, The Guardian, and other outlets identify the accused as a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, while at least one report says the couple’s ages are not disclosed. The incident is widely linked to the couple’s livestreamed video on TikTok and reflects Aceh’s conservative application of sharia rules in public life.
Couple publicly caned in Aceh, Indonesia, for kissing during TikTok livestream
A young couple in Indonesia’s Aceh province is publicly caned after a sharia court convicts them of violating Islamic law for kissing during a TikTok livestream. Multiple outlets report that Aceh’s pr...
- A sharia court in Indonesia’s Aceh province convicts a couple over kissing during a TikTok livestream.
- The punishment orders 21 lashes for each person using a rattan cane.
- The caning is carried out in a public park in Banda Aceh and is witnessed by at least 100 people.
- Reports describe the procedure being carried out on a stage by people wearing robes and hoods.
- At least one report identifies the man as 22 and the woman as 25; another reports ages were not disclosed.
The man and woman, whose ages were not disclosed, both received 21 cane lashes in a public park in the provincial capital Banda Aceh.
1 hour agoA Shariah court has sentenced a young couple to a public caning in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province after convicting them of kissing during a livestream.
1 hour agoA Shariah court has sentenced a young couple to a public caning in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province after convicting them of kissing during a livestream.
1 hour agoMore than 100 people watched the public punishment of the pair, after they livestreamed themselves kissing in the conservative Indonesian province.
2 hours agoThe law allows up to 100 lashes for ‘morality offences’
3 hours agoUnmarried man and woman whipped 21 times each because they had violated province’s version of Islamic lawA young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province have been publicly caned after a Sharia court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream.The court ordered the couple, a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married. At least 100 people witnessed the caning, carried out by a group of people wearing robes and hoods on a stage in Bustanussalatin City Park in Banda Aceh. Continue reading...
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