BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other. Dozens of ...

At least 53 inmates escaped a prison in Aceh, Indonesia, with officials acknowledging overcapacity issues at the facility.

More than 50 inmates flee from overcrowded facility in Indonesia in mass prison break - Footage of jailbreak shows inmates ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic Shariah court ... Each year since then, more than 100 people have been publicly caned. Aceh implemented an expansion of Islamic bylaws and criminal ...

Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a hall in Banda Aceh’s Bustanussalatin city park. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned ...

Indonesia’s national criminal code doesn’t regulate homosexuality, and the central government doesn’t have the power to strike down Shariah law in Aceh. However, an earlier version of the law that ...

Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a hall in Banda Aceh’s Bustanussalatin city park. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned ...

It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for homosexuality since the Islamic law was implemented in 2006 as a concession made by ...

Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a hall in Banda Aceh’s Bustanussalatin city park. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned ...