Woman Caned In Public For Having Sex Outside Marriage

An Indonesian woman was humiliated as she was publicly caned in Indonesia's Aceh province for having sex outside of marriage, a crime punishable under strict local Islamic law. 

The woman was whipped along with seven other people outside a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh. 

Dozens of people alongside religious officers gathered outside the mosque to watch the offenders as they received their punishment respectively. 

In the photos, a masked sharia officer known as an 'algojo' was pictured canning the offenders between five to 45 lashes on their backs.

Public whipping is a common punishment for a range of offences, including gambling, drinking alcohol, and having gay sex or relations outside of marriage in Aceh, which is the only region in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country that imposes Islamic law.  

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