Beaten until she can barely stand: Woman has to be helped to her feet after she is lashed with a cane for 'public display of affection' under Sharia law

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A woman had to be helped to her feet after she was beaten with a cane for a public display of affection under an Indonesian province's strict Sharia laws.

Published: 08:13 GMT, 12 November 2026 | Updated: 08:14 GMT, 12 November 2026

A woman had to be helped to her feet after she was beaten with a cane for a public display of affection under an Indonesian province's strict Sharia laws.

The unnamed woman was among six people subjected to public flogging on Thursday in Aceh, the only province in Muslim-majority Indonesia to administer Islamic law.

Four people were punished for engaging in intimate public displays of affection, while another two were flogged for gambling. The number of lashes administered ranged from nine to 22.

Images of the public caning today showed a woman dressed in white on her knees and grimacing in pain as she was lashed by a hooded 'alogojo', or flogger. Later images showed the same woman being helped off the ground.

Under Sharia law, the mixing of men and women who are unrelated is strictly forbidden.

Caning in Aceh is used to punish a wide range of offences, including gambling, drinking alcohol, homosexual acts, and having sexual relations outside of marriage.

Back in August, a woman became the first person to be publicly caned in Aceh for 'committing obscenity live with a man on social media.'

A woman had to be helped to her feet after she was beaten with a cane for a public display of affection in Indonesia's Banda Aceh province on Thursday

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