The move by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's ernment means gay men uld face "medieval" stong.
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- BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- BNEI TO PUNISH GAY SEX AND ADULTERY WH ATH BY STONG
- ‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI
BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG
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Bin shared a CNN article on the new law on his official Twter acunt, wrg, “Stong people to ath for homosexualy or adultery is appallg and immoral. In a statement on Twter, Kurz said: “I ll on the Sultanate of Bnei to whdraw the ath penalty by stong (of) homosexual acts between nsentg adults. “(Atralia’s) Labor (Party) is eply ncerned by the Bnei ernment’s plans to implement new laws that would see adultery and homosexual acts between nsentg adults punishable by ath, ” she tweeted.
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
Unr new crimal laws those found guilty of gay sex or adultery n be stoned to ath * brunei anti lgbt law *
“Our hearts go out to the good, hardworkg employe of properti owned by the Sultan of Bnei, many of whom we know to be gay, ” he wrote. Bnei’s new law punishg homosexual sex wh ath by stong has sent a wave of fear across the LGBT populatn neighborg Malaysia and Indonia. Malaysian LGBT rights mpaigner Thilaga Sulathireh said the immediate reactn among the gay muny was ncern the crackdown uld spread.
BNEI TO PUNISH GAY SEX AND ADULTERY WH ATH BY STONG
Malaysia already enforc a mixed secular and relig legal system, wh some regns mandatg Sharia laws punishg what the penal lls “unnatural” acts such as homosexual sex wh ng and f, while Indonia’s nservative northwtern provce of Aceh has a history of enactg Sharia law.
‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI
Activists said the rise of nservative Islamic groups had been marked by growg homophobia both untri, and an crease official actn agast LGBT people.
Bnei’s new Islamic crimal laws punishg gay sex and adultery by stong offenrs to ath have triggered an outcry om untri, rights groups and celebri far beyond the ty south-east Asian natn’s penalti were provid for unr new sectns of Bnei’s sharia penal and took effect on Wednday.
“Let’s be clear, every sgle time we stay at or take meetgs at or de at any of the ne hotels we are puttg money directly to the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to ath their own cizens for beg gay or acced of adultery, ” Clooney wrote a gut lumn on Deadle Hollywood last week. ” the actor Hassanal Bolkiah stuted the sharia penal 2014 to bolster the fluence of Islam the oil-rich monarchy of about 430, 000 people, two-thirds of whom are even before 2014, homosexualy was already punishable the untry by a jail term of up to 10 first stage of the sharia penal clud f or jail for offens such as pregnancy out of wedlock or failg to pray on Fridays. “The Uned Stat strongly oppos vlence, crimalizatn and discrimatn targetg vulnerable groups, cludg women at risk of vlence, relig and ethnic mori, and lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex persons, ” the state partment puty spokman, Robert Pallado, said a ’s south-east Asian neighbors, some of whom have laws banng sex between men, were silent.