Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province
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People convicted of violating Islamic law, among them are an unmarried couple who were found gulty of kissing during a TikTok livestream, wait for their turn to be publicly caned in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)A shariah law official holds a rattan cane before the public caning of a young couple after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)A man is publicly caned after he was convicted of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)Shariah law officials assist an unmarried woman, convicted of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream, to get up after being being publicly caned, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)Shariah law officials escort a woman convicted of violating Islamic law by kissing a man, both unmarried, during a TikTok livestream after her public caning, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)
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People convicted of violating Islamic law, among them are an unmarried couple who were found gulty of kissing during a TikTok livestream, wait for their turn to be publicly caned in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)
