Four men caught online on gambling have publicly melted with walking sticks in a brutal punishment that has been enforced in the conservative Aceh province of Indonesia.
For dozens of people in a public park in Banda Aceh City, a man received 22 eyelashes, while three others were held eight and nine times, depending on their bet and income, according to the Islamic law enforcement chief Roslina.
The men grinned with pain when a executioner hit their backs with a stick, after an Islamic leader had delivered a sermon over repentance.
Gruesome photos show that the men receive the violent thrashen.
'One person received more eyelashes … because their commitment and profit exceeded the equivalent of 2 grams of gold. In the meantime, the other were three … Under that threshold, “said Roslina.
The men were online on the first gambling caught in an internet café, she explained.
This is the first public lashing of the year under the strict Islamic law of the region.
Members of the Sharia Police prepare to step a man (C) as a punishment for attracting online gambling in Banda Aceh on January 30, 2025
Men carry out Dua (a prayer of the request) before they are committed by members of the Sharia Police
Amnesty International discovered that ACEH authorities had carried out at least 60 public scouring against 254 people in 2020
Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra Island, is the only province in the nation of the Muslim majority where offenses such as gambling, adultery and alcohol consumption are punished by public gaze.
ACEH began to maintain religious legislation after it was granted special autonomy in 2001, as part of an attempt by the central government to suppress a long -term separatist uprising.
Human rights groups condemn public insight as cruel, but it has strong support with the population of Aceh.
The violent lashes are the newest in a series of public views in the region that were performed on those who were guilty of online gambling.
In August last year, six men who were caught on gambling on the internet were publicly beaten with hiking sticks.
Images showed that the prisoners were led by the Sharia Police Form Prison delivery trucks to stand under a canopy, where they were then forced to take violent strokes.
In 2021, two Christian men were publicly melted 40 times for drinking alcohol and gambling, a rare copy of non-Muslims who were confronted with such a punishment.
A male couple was smothered almost 80 times that same year for having homosex, which is forbidden under local Islamic law.
This is the first public lashing of the year under the strict Islamic law of the region
One man received 22 eyelashes, while three others were drawn eight and nine times
ACEH is the only province in Indonesia, where offenses such as gambling, adultery and alcohol consumption are punished by public cans
Human rights groups condemn public insight as cruel, but it has strong support with the population of Aceh.
The Sharia legislation was given by the central government in Jakarta to ACEH as part of the bid of the region on autonomy in 2001.
The monitoring of Amnesty International Indonesia showed that the ACEH authorities had carried out at least 60 public scouring against 254 people in 2020.
In 2019, reports emerged that a woman and a man lost consciousness when they were beaten during individual public penalties on the same day.
