Inside Aceh's brutal public canings where gleeful crowds watch men and women being whipped until they pass out under Sharia law punishment for sex outside marriage and gambling

An unconscious woman lies motionless on the floor while medics gather around her contorted body. The 25-year-old has just been brutally whipped 21 times in public after an Indonesian court found her guilty of violating Islamic law by kissing her partner during a TikTok live-stream. The act may seem like an innocent exchange between a couple in love, but in Aceh – the only province in the South-East Asian country that applies a version of Sharia Law – it is met with severe punishment. The woman – who was pictured wincing in agony as she was lashed repeatedly – is...