Young Indonesian couple publicly caned after kissing on TikTok
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Young Indonesian couple publicly caned after kissing on TikTok

Unmarried man and woman whipped 21 times each because they had violated province’s version of Islamic lawA young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province have been publicly caned after a Sharia court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream.The court ordered the couple, a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being married. At least 100 people witnessed the caning, carried out by a

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The Guardian World — The Guardian World
2 July 2026
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