Punishment is meant to reform an offender but in some jurisdictions, it must be meted out to whoever deserves it at all cost; even if it would result in death. An Indonesian man reportedly fainted ...

Two men caught having sex with underage girls were whipped 100 times each in Muslim-majority Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Wednesday, as one begged officials to stop the painful punishment ...

Breaking news from Iran: Reza Seghati, the former hijab enforcer who famously handed out lashes to women for not following dress codes, has now been sentenced to 100 lashes and two years of exile ...

A couple were publicly flogged in Indonesia today for having sex outside of marriage in the country's only region to apply a version of Sharia law. The man and woman, whose ages were not disclosed, ...

The lashes to Roya Heshmati's body have triggered renewed condemnation of Iran's harsh punishments against women for alleged crimes against "morality." But the official reason for carrying out the ...