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Qanun-Jinayat

National 4 years ago

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Child rape victim or fornicator? Under Aceh’s sharia law, it could be both

It's not easy to bring justice to rape cases in Aceh. Law enforcement officers discourage families of child rape victims from pressing charges, saying their children could end up being charged with zina.

National 4 years ago

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Aceh's dual system leads to murky jurisprudence: Study

An independent study on the application of sharia in Aceh has found that the dual application of the Criminal Code and the province's Qanun Jinayat frequently results in judicial murkiness.

National 5 years ago

Two women face public flogging for online gambling in Aceh

Online gambling is haram according to Aceh’s Qanun Jinayat (Criminal Code Bylaw).

National 5 years ago

Aceh authorities suspend caning of child rapist after he suffers severe bruising

Prosecutors said the convict was to be lashed 169 times after serving 180 days in prison.

National 6 years ago

Member of ulema council that helps oversee Aceh's sharia caned for adultery

Mukhlis was reportedly the first ulema council member to be caned in public since the implementation of sharia in Aceh.

National 8 years ago

Amnesty International condemns arrest of transgender women in Aceh

Rights group Amnesty International Indonesia has lambasted the arrest of 12 transgender women in Aceh and called for discrimination against members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community to end.

Politics 8 years ago

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Hundreds caned under sharia in Aceh

More than 530 people have been caned under Aceh’s Islamic law since its enactment on Oct. 23, 2015, including dozens of men and women who were punished for victimless crimes like kissing, fornication and sodomy.

National 8 years ago

Qanun Jinayat provokes over-criminalization of LGBT people, vunerable groups: ICJR

The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) has lambasted the Aceh administration’s Islamic criminal code bylaw, or Qanun Jinayat, saying it could potentially provoke discrimination and over-criminalization of LGBT communities and other vulnerable groups.

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