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A crowd of men cheered and filmed the Sharia law punishment before one of the women was pictured limping away in tears in Aceh, Indonesia
A dozen young couples were flogged in the street in front of a cheering crowd for allegedly having sex outside marriage .
One of the young women could be heard whimpering as she limped away from the mob, with women flanking her as she struggled to walk unaided.
The scene of public humiliation took place in Banda Aceh, the capital of conservative Muslim province of Aceh, Indonesia .
The woman was one of 12 people arrested among six unmarried couples caught during a raid on a local hotel late last year, the The Sun reported .
A Sharia enforcer is shrouded from head to toe except for a slit in his mask allowing him to see his victim (Image: Riau Images / Barcroft Images)Sharia police marched the 12 to a public square outside a mosque where they were caned as punishment for having a sexual relationship outside of marriage.
The flogged woman sobs in pain after being punished for violating Sharia law (Image: Riau Images / Barcroft Images)The province is known for enforcing Islamic criminal codes, despite secular laws applying in most of the rest of Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country where most practice the faith moderately.
The woman in white is being escorted by Sharia police for a caning for having a sexual relationship outside of marriage (Image: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)But in Aceh, alcohol is banned, and adultery, sex outside marriage and homosexual acts are among the crimes outlawed.
Punishments can include caning and whipping and imprisonment for those who break the strict laws, including travellers who fall foul of the rules.
This woman was caned under Sharia law in the province of Aceh, but the rest of Indonesia has secular law (Image: Riau Images / Barcroft Images)The group saod some of those flogged included unmarried couples punished for showing affection in public.
Two men were last year whipped with canes 100 times each after being caught having sex with underage girls.
One begged for mercy as he received the lashes.
An Acehnese man faces a public caning for having a sexual relationship without being married (Image: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)Hundreds have been punished since the rule was introduced in the area in 2005.
Couples accused of violating Sharia law undergo caning outside a mosque in Aceh ovince, Indonesia (Image: Riau Images / Barcroft Images)Earlier this year a teen couple were flogged in Banda Aceh for cuddling in public. An audience gathered to watch and jeer as they were punished for being found guilty of the "moral crime" under Sharia law.
The head of the local public order agency, Marwan, explained of this week's spectacle: "This law is designed to have a deterrent effect, not only for the offenders but for the spectators who watch the caning," the Sun reported.
A crowd of men appear delighted by the spectacle, filming and photographing the woman being caned (Image: Riau Images / Barcroft Images)However the footage showed appeared to show otherwise, as the woman was pictured crying and hunched over in agony as she left the public square.
Sharia courts also consider lesbian, gay and bisexual relationships a crime punishable with public canings, jail-time or fines.
Wearing tight clothing or missing Friday prayers can also attract punishment.
Unmarried couples are not allowed to sit together at the same table in public under the strict rules.
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