42 lashes for having a drink: Men are brutally caned for consuming alcohol and breaking Sharia law in Indonesia

Three men have been brutally caned 42 times today for consuming alcohol and breaking Sharia law on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Pictures showed an intimidating executor, or ‘algojo’, gripping a rattan before carrying out the public caning against four men in front of Islamic court officials. Dressed in brown robes, the algojo struck the backs of the … Read more