Indonesian sharia stronghold 'rehabilitates' punks

Youths detained at a charity rock concert have their heads shaved and are forced to attend military training and religious education classes.

(AFP, AFP, BBC, The Jakarta Globe, The Daily Telegraph – 15 December 2012)

December 19, 2011

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