A young couple in Indonesia's Aceh province were publicly caned 21 times each for kissing during a TikTok livestream, violating Sharia law. The punishment, witnessed by over 100 people, has been condemned by Amnesty International as a human rights violation.
A couple in Aceh, Indonesia, received 21 lashes each for kissing before marriage, witnessed by over 100 people. The punishment, carried out under the province's strict Islamic law, followed a viral video of the couple kissing.
The move is part of Singapore's new anti-bullying measures introduced by the Ministry of Education.
Singapore schools used caning as a disciplinary measure only when all other options were inadequate, given the gravity of the misconduct, Minister for Education Desmond Lee said on Tuesday. Responding to more than 20 parliamentary questions on the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) updated efforts to tackle bullying, Lee acknowledged that studies linked poorly administered and frequent corporal punishment – particularly in unregulated settings such as the home – with negative outcomes. “We recognise...
