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An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's Aceh province sentenced two men to 80 public canings each for engaging in what the court identified as sexual acts, marking the fifth such verdict since 2015.
The Central Aceh Prosecutor's Office has sought imprisonment not exceeding six years and a Rp100 million (around US$6,132) ...
Oil palm plantations continue to grow in Aceh, Indonesia’s westernmost province on the island of Sumatra. Last March they covered 393,270 hectares of land, nearly 7 percent of Aceh’s total ...
The Aceh region of Indonesia, at the northern tip of the island of Sumatra, was one of the hardest-hit areas of Sunday's earthquake and tsunami. The city of Bande Aceh is all but destroyed, and in ...
“There are two civil servants in Aceh who were detained by Densus 88 in connection with a terrorism case. The Aceh Regional ...
A U.S. Navy helicopter participating in tsunami relief efforts crashed on approach to the airfield at Banda Aceh early Monday, with all 10 aboard suffering minor injuries, a Navy spokesman said. The ...
The presence of this battalion in Aceh is said to violate the spirit of peace and betray the provisions of the Helsinki ...
The West Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has said that it has intensified efforts to capture crocodiles in the Krueng Meurebo River ...