Woman slumps to floor after she is caned by Indonesia's Sharia police
Beaten into submission: Woman slumps to the floor after she is caned by Indonesia’s Sharia police after she and her lover were sentenced to 17 lashes for sex outside of marriage
- Couple were flogged in the city of Banda Aceh by Sharia Police for having sex outside of marriage
- Audience can be seen watching floggings from rows of seats which appear to have been laid out especially
- A young man can be seen recording the incident on his phone as the pair are escorted to their punishment
A woman has been pictured falling to the floor in agony while being flogged for having sex outside of marriage in Indonesia.
The woman and her partner were sentenced to 17 lashes on Wednesday for breaking Sharia law, which prohibits men and women from being close to one another unless they are married or family.
The pair were both caned by the ‘executor’ of the Sharia Police, known as the Algojo, in front of an audience in the city of Banda Aceh, on the island of Sumatra.
Photos show a police officer speaking to the crowds on a microphone while men can be seen recording the punishment on their phones.
Aceh is the only province in the country which has implemented Sharia law – which sees rules governed by a strict interpretation of Islam’s holy book the Quran.
A woman slumps over in agony after being flogged by Sharia Police in Indonesia for allegedly having sex outside of marriage
One photo shows a police officer speaking to the crowds on a microphone as the ‘executor’ prepares to flog the woman
The man, also donning a face mask, is seen standing up tall and looking directly at the ‘audience’ as he is flogged on his back
The ‘Algojo’ raises and observes his caning stick before striking the woman as she kneels on a red carpet
Aceh is the only province in the country which has implemented Sharia law – which sees rules governed by a strict interpretation of Islam’s holy book the Quran (Pictured: Man receiving flogging to the back)
Pictures show how the woman and man were individually led to an open-aired building before being made to kneel and stand on a red carpet respectively.
An audience can be seen watching the floggings from rows of seats which appear to have been laid out especially.
The executor, or Algojo, is seen covered from head to toe in a brown cloak-like costume with two eye holes covered by a white Zorro-like mask.
He was pictured perusing over a selection of three wooden sticks before beginning the corporal punishment.
The ‘executor’ peruses over a selection of three wooden sticks before beginning the corporal punishment
The executor, or Algojo, is seen covered from head to toe in a brown cloak-like costume with two eye holes covered by a white Zorro-like mask
The man of the couple is dressed in white as he is escorted to the scene of the flogging in Aceh, Indonesia
The woman of the couple is dressed in a white burka as she is escorted to receive her punishment
The man and woman were individually flogged on Wednesday for breaking Sharia law, which prohibits men and women from being in close to one another – unless they are married or family
The Algojo looks down his cane during the flogging session as onlookers can be seen watching from their seats in the background
While being caned, the woman, who is wearing a white burka and face mask, appears to slump forward towards the floor in agony.
Police in official uniforms can be seen attending to her, along with other women in red head dresses.
The man, also donning a face mask, is seen standing up tall and looking directly at the ‘audience’ as he is flogged on his back.
Aceh is the only province in Indonesia with the autonomy to be able to enforce Sharia law and lashings.
The deeply conservative province carries out floggings for a range of offences, including drinking alcohol, adultery, and engaging in premarital or homosexual sex.
In 2018, Aceh officials vowed to end public floggings and carry them out behind prison walls instead, however, despite the promises the number of public floggings and canings has reportedly risen instead.
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