Brunei Invokes laws allowing stoning for gay sex, adultery.
April 3, 2019, 2:36 PM GMTNew Islamic criminal laws that took effect in Brunei on Wednesday, punishing gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death, have triggered an outcry from countries, rights groups and celebrities far beyond the tiny Southeast Asian nation's shores.
"Living in Brunei, we already knew that our sexual identity is taboo and should not be expressed. We already felt belittled before the law came to place," said a 23-year-old member of the LGBTQ community who wanted to be identified only as Kun out of fear of reprisal from the authorities. "Are we really going to help fund the murder of innocent citizens?" Clooney wrote Thursday on Deadline Hollywood.
On Tuesday, the United States joined the United Kingdom, Germany and France in urging Brunei to halt its plans. Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged Brunei's government to"stop the entry into force of this Draconian new penal code."
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