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Tag: Aceh

Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesian lashed over his organization’s sex law

by AT Contributor October 31, 2019February 18, 2020

An Indonesian man working for an organization that helped draft strict religious laws ordering adulterers to be flogged was himself publicly whipped Thursday after he was caught having an affair with a married woman. Flogging is a common punishment for a range of offences in the deeply conservative Aceh region on Sumatra island, including adultery, […]

Jono Simbolon (front), an Indonesian Christian, grimaces in pain as he is flogged in front of a crowd outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, on January 19, 2018. Photo: AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesia moving to ban extramarital sex

by AT Contributor September 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Thailand

Fishermen held after ‘straying off course’

by Asia Times staff April 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Young couple in Indonesia publicly caned for cuddling

by Asia Times staff February 1, 2019February 18, 2020
Muslim militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (C-in white) is guarded by Indonesian elite commandos as he leaves the police headquarters to undergo cataract surgery in Jakarta on February 29, 2012. Indonesia's top court on February 27 upheld a 15-year jail term against Islamist militant Abu Bakar Bashir for terrorist acts, reversing an earlier decision to slash the sentence to nine years.      AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY / AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Bali bombing terror mastermind to be freed from prison

by Asia Times staff January 20, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Drug smugglers arrested in waters off Aceh

by Asia Times staff January 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Aceh politician Irwandi Yusuf after being indicted on corruption charges. Photo: Facebook
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Indonesia, Middle East, World

Rise and fall of a political rebel in Indonesia

by John McBeth December 11, 2018February 18, 2020
Rescue team members rest near an earthquake-devastated area during a search for victims under the ruins of collapsed buildings in Balaroa, Palu city, Central Sulawesi. Photo: EPA Images
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

How social media (and a lullaby) can save lives in future disasters

by Gavin Brent Sullivan and Saut Sagala October 20, 2018February 18, 2020
Aceh in Indonesia where Sharia law in enforced. Photo by iStock.
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesian province bans men and women dining together

by Asia Times staff September 6, 2018February 18, 2020
Religious Islamic law concept of a wooden court gavel lying beside a sign that reads Sharia law. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, World

Indonesia won’t end floggings, but rather hide them

by Kyle Knight April 30, 2018April 30, 2018
Locals watch as an illegal oil well burns in Ranto Peureulak, Aceh Province, Indonesia. Photo: Antara Foto/ Rahmad/via Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

22 killed, dozens burnt in blaze at illegal oil well in Aceh

by Asia Times staff April 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Muslim protesters hold an anti-LGBT rally outside a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia February 2, 2018. Photo: Antara Foto/Irwansyah Putra/ via REUTERS
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, World

Why criminalizing LGBT relationships is misguided

by Kyle Knight February 14, 2018February 14, 2018
A man holds a sign that says "Free Ahok" during a protest by supporters of Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama outside Cipinang Prison, where he was taken after his conviction of blasphemy in Jakarta on May 9, 2017.   Photo: Reuters/Darren Whiteside
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, Singapore, World

No surprise Ahok ruled guilty of blasphemy in Indonesia

by Bill Ozanick May 13, 2017May 14, 2017

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