Unmarried couples beaten up as they held hands in public

Editorial

Unmarried couples beaten up as they held hands in public

Five of the Muslim unmarried couples were whipped in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday after they were caught behaving amorously — a crime under the conservative region’s Islamic law. Flogging is common for a range of offences in the region at the tip of Sumatra island, including gambling, drinking alcohol and having gay sex. It […]