Public flogging is a common punishment for certain victimless crimes in the Aceh province. Human Rights Watch has condemned the practice as "barbaric" and called for it to end. On Thursday, an ...

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Breaking news from Iran: Reza Seghati, the former hijab enforcer who famously handed out lashes to women for not following dress codes, has now been sentenced to 100 lashes and two years of exile ...

Two men caught having sex with underage girls were whipped 100 times each in Muslim-majority Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Wednesday, as one begged officials to stop the painful punishment ...

Poachers who threaten endangered orangutans, tigers and other wildlife could receive up to 100 lashes under new rules in Indonesia's Aceh province, which usually reserves whipping for morality crimes ...

The woman confessed to having extramarital sex, while the man had a reduced sentence because he denied the accusations and appealed to the Sharia Supreme Court.Mimi Saputra/SOPA Images/LightRocket via ...