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Brunei says it won't enforce gay death penalty after backlash
SE Asia 6 years ago

Brunei says it won't enforce gay death penalty after backlash

The small Southeast Asian country sparked an outcry when it rolled out its interpretation of Islamic laws, or sharia, on April 3, punishing sodomy, adultery and rape with death, including by stoning.
UK's Hunt scrapped Brunei-owned hotel event over anti-gay laws
SE Asia 6 years ago

UK's Hunt scrapped Brunei-owned hotel event over anti-gay laws

Hunt called off the fundraiser for the governing Conservative Party after the southeast Asian country introduced the measure among several harsh new sharia laws, a government source said.
Rising number of businesses cut ties with Brunei over gay sex death penalty
SE Asia 6 years ago

Rising number of businesses cut ties with Brunei over gay sex death penalty

Deutsche Bank banned its staff from staying in the nine luxury hotels of the Dorchester Collection, which is owned by Brunei's state-owned Brunei Investment Agency (BIA). 
Virgin Australia cuts staff deal with Brunei airline over Sharia law
Business 6 years ago

Virgin Australia cuts staff deal with Brunei airline over Sharia law

The company, Australia's second-biggest airline after Qantas, sent an email to employees explaining the new Sharia code, which came into effect on Wednesday, applies to Muslims, non-Muslims and foreigners "even when transiting on Brunei-registered aircraft and vessels."
LA officials call for boycott of Brunei-owned hotels
World 6 years ago

LA officials call for boycott of Brunei-owned hotels

The call to boycott the fabled Beverly Hills Hotel, once the playground of Hollywood celebrities, and Hotel Bel-Air came after the sultanate announced plans to implement the death penalty for gay sex and adultery.
France urges Brunei to drop stoning law for adultery, gay sex
World 6 years ago

France urges Brunei to drop stoning law for adultery, gay sex

The new penal code under strict Sharia law, to come into force in the tiny southeast Asian sultanate on Wednesday, has already drawn fierce criticism from rights groups and the United Nations.
Brunei sultan seeks conservative support with hardline sharia laws
SE Asia 6 years ago

Brunei sultan seeks conservative support with hardline sharia laws

Brunei, a resource-rich former British protectorate on Borneo island with a population of about 400,000, was plunged into recession in recent years as oil prices plummeted and its crude reserves declined.
Brunei to impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery
SE Asia 6 years ago

Brunei to impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery

Rights groups reacted in horror Wednesday to the latest hardline move from the resource-rich nation on Borneo, which practises a stricter brand of Islam than its neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia.
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