Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having gay sex.
A government prosecutor hands over a whip to the executioner before a public caning in Aceh province, Indonesia, in a Jan. 29, 2010 file photo.Getty Indonesia's reputation for practicing a moderate form of Islam has been battered in the past year due to attacks on religious minorities, a s...
22, 2017 shows a Sumatran orangutan at Jantho National Park forest in Aceh province, Indonesia. Sumatran orangutans are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature with fewer than 6,500 estimated to be left in the wild. (Xinhua/Junaidi) ...
JAKARTA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Eleven Sumatran elephants have died from poaching activities, conflict with humans and natural causes throughout 2018, lower than the recorded 13 in the previous year, an Aceh provincial Natural Resources Conservancy Center (BKSDA) official said on Thursday. Head of ...
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia--Hundreds of people join the Ramadan evening prayers at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in the capital of Indonesia’s far western Aceh province.
Objective:To assess the knowledge on Zika virus(ZIKV) infection among healthcare providers(doctors) in Aceh province,Indonesia.Methods:A self-administered internet based survey was conducted from 3 May to 3 June 2016 among the members of doctor organizations in Aceh province.A set of validated,...
11 of 2018, mandating all financial institutions in the province of Aceh, Indonesia, to operate solely on Islamic principles from January 4, 2022, sparked protests from certain parties, and thus became a nationwide controversy. Some media reports often depicted the Qanun as causing hei...
Objective:To assess the knowledge on Zika virus(ZIKV) infection among healthcare providers(doctors) in Aceh province,Indonesia.Methods:A self-administered internet based survey was conducted from 3 May to 3 June 2016 among the members of doctor organizations in Aceh province.A set of validated,...
It is an unremarkable scene - yet it is one that for many years was rarely seen in this part of Indonesia. Racked by a separatist conflict for nearly three decades, the province of Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, was a tense, fearful place. Then came the devastating ...