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 ...

The court handed down a heftier sentence for the married woman after she confessed to investigators she had sex out of her marriage - Copyright AFP CEK MAD The court ...

Punishment is meant to reform an offender but in some jurisdictions, it must be meted out to whoever deserves it at all cost; even if it would result in death. An Indonesian man reportedly fainted ...

The punishment, carried out in Banda Aceh, was among the harshest imposed in recent years and drew renewed criticism from human rights groups over the continued use of public flogging in the province.