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 one of the latest
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