Aceh Refuses Influx of Rohingya Refugees ArrivingIndonesia ExpatDecember 7, 2023 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 7, 20230172Residents of Sabang, Aceh, staged a demonstration and even dismantled the tents holding hundreds of Rohingya immigrants in the area....
Australian Rampages in Aceh, Faces Five Years in PrisonIndonesia ExpatApril 30, 2023 by Indonesia ExpatApril 30, 20230881An Australian man named Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones has been arrested in Indonesia for allegedly assaulting a fisherman and attacking people...
Three Men Caned in AcehIndonesia ExpatFebruary 9, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 9, 2021July 9, 202101090Three Christians had a sentence of caning carried out at Bustanussalatin Park, Banda Aceh, Aceh on Monday 8th February. They...
European Union External Action Service Comments on Six Caned in AcehIndonesia ExpatFebruary 2, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatFebruary 2, 2021July 9, 20210482The European Union External Action Service spokesperson has commented on Indonesia regarding the caning of six people in Aceh on...
Homosexual Couple and Four Others Caned in AcehIndonesia ExpatJanuary 29, 2021July 9, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 29, 2021July 9, 202102323A homosexual couple has been sentenced to public flogging in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province. During the lashing process, the two...
Flooding in Aceh VillagesIndonesia ExpatMay 2, 2020May 3, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatMay 2, 2020May 3, 202001627Heavy rains that hit Aceh and West Aceh have caused flooding in a number of areas. The overflowing Meureubo River...
Aceh Fishermen Found 14 Stranded IraniansIndonesia ExpatJanuary 29, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 29, 202001517According to immigration officials, 14 Iranian nationals have been found stranded by local fishermen in Hindia Ocean, near Meulaboh city,...
Man Who Pushed for Adulterers to be Flogged is Flogged for AdulteryIndonesia ExpatNovember 1, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatNovember 1, 201902178An Islamic leader, Mukhlis, who was involved in drafting strict religious laws ordering adulterers to be flogged, has himself been...
1.5 Hectares of Peatland Burnt in West AcehIndonesia ExpatSeptember 8, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 8, 20190996Approximately 1.5 hectares of peatland in Meulaboh, West Aceh has been burnt down by a wildfire. “The fire was extinguished...
A Jungle Stay in Gunung Leuser National Park, Aceh ? North SumatraStephanie BrookesJuly 17, 2019 by Stephanie BrookesJuly 17, 201903109Within one day of arriving in Ketambe Village in Gunung Leuser National Park, I had spotted three gibbons, five Thomas’...
Aceh Village Orders Coffee Shops to Cut Off Wi-Fi as it Distracts Kids from QuranIndonesia ExpatNovember 25, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatNovember 25, 201801058A village in the Indonesian province of Aceh — the only region in Indonesia with special autonomy to enact religious...
District in Aceh Bans Men and Women from Dining TogetherIndonesia ExpatSeptember 6, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatSeptember 6, 201801338A district in Indonesia’s deeply Islamic Aceh province has banned men and women from dining together unless they are married...
Adulterers, Gay Men Publicly Flogged in AcehIndonesia ExpatJuly 15, 2018July 15, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatJuly 15, 2018July 15, 201802133Fifteen people, including five women, were punished with public caning Friday for violating Sharia law in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province....
Aceh: 21 Dead After Illegal Oil Well ExplodesIndonesia ExpatApril 29, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatApril 29, 201801539An illegal oil well in Pasir Putih village, Ranto Peureulak subdistrict, East Aceh exploded on Wednesday, April 25, killing 21...
Aceh Lashes Unwed Couples and Prostitutes In What Could Be Its Last Public CaningIndonesia ExpatApril 20, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatApril 20, 201801665Aceh province caned several unmarried couples for showing affection in public and two women for prostitution before an enthusiastic audience...
Aceh to Move Public Caning IndoorsIndonesia ExpatApril 13, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatApril 13, 201801681The conservative Indonesian province of Aceh will no longer conduct the Shariah punishment of caning in public, its governor said...
Four Men Face 100 Lashes in Aceh For Alleged Gay SexIndonesia ExpatApril 4, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatApril 4, 201801504Rights activists called on Tuesday for Aceh province to release four people detained on suspicion of having homosexual sex, amid...
Aceh Province Considers Beheading as Murder PunishmentIndonesia ExpatMarch 15, 2018November 10, 2021 by Indonesia ExpatMarch 15, 2018November 10, 20210885The conservative Indonesian province of Aceh is considering the introduction of beheading as a punishment for murder, a top Islamic...
Transgender Women Forced to Look and Act Like Men by Authorities in AcehSania RasyidJanuary 30, 2018 by Sania RasyidJanuary 30, 201801411A group of transgender women in Aceh had their hair forcibly cut by the local police, who also made them...
Non-Muslim Man Caned in Aceh for Selling LiquorSania RasyidJanuary 23, 2018 by Sania RasyidJanuary 23, 201802219A non-Muslim man was caned under the Islamic law on Friday for selling alcoholic drinks, after he chose the public...
Four Stranded Whales in Aceh Die of Injuries and ExhaustionSania RasyidNovember 15, 2017November 15, 2017 by Sania RasyidNovember 15, 2017November 15, 201701696Four of the ten sperm whales that became stranded on Aceh’s Ujong Kareng Beach have died of injuries and exhaustion,...