Just months after two gay men were publicly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh, a woman has received
hospital treatment after receiving 100 lashes.

The 30-year-old woman, Mazidah, who goes by one name, had received the caning after being found guilty of adultery by a sharia court.
She had been charged with being in a private place in the presence of a man she was not married to.
The 34-year-old male also received 100 lashes, but did not require hospitalisation.



He who caned ... ^ A man leaves the stage after administering the public caning.


Strict sharia law is in place across Aceh, but it is the first time a flogging has taken place in the city since 2006.

Thousands of residents, including children, are reported to have watched on as the punishment was delivered to the offenders on a
stage outside the city's grand mosque after Friday prayers last week.

According to reports by the local press, and an account given to the ABC by a witness, at times the caning had to be stopped for
each of the three offenders because they were screaming in agony.
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