Brunei backs down on gay sex death penalty
Brunei will not impose the death penalty on those convicted of having gay sex, in an apparent bid to temper international condemnation following its roll out of strict new Islamic laws last month.
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JPMorgan tells staff to boycott Brunei-owned hotels over gay sex death penalty
JPMorgan Chase has joined a boycott of hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei after the Asian country introduced laws that punish gay sex with death.
Will Brunei's anti-LGBT Sharia law spread across Southeast Asia?
Brunei's new law punishing homosexual sex with death by stoning has sent a wave of fear across the LGBT population in neighboring Malaysia and Indonesia.
Rights groups ask for Pope's help decriminalizing homosexuality
A group representing LGBT rights met in a high-level meeting Friday at the Vatican to ask for Pope Francis' support for the decriminalization of homosexuality.
More companies boycott Brunei over anti-gay laws
A British TV awards show and a Swiss-owned travel agency have joined a growing boycott of businesses owned by the kingdom of Brunei, after the country implemented new laws making gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death.
Brunei-owned hotels hide social media pages
A growing call to boycott luxury hotels owned by the kingdom of Brunei has led the hotels to hide their social media accounts.
Ellen DeGeneres, Billie Jean King join call for Brunei hotel boycott
More celebrities are calling for a boycott of hotels owned by the kingdom of Brunei after it enacted new Islamic laws that make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death.
Brunei's LGBT community flees new stoning laws
When the tiny, oil-rich kingdom of Brunei first announced in 2013 that it would adopt strict Islamic laws, including death by stoning for gay sex, many in the country's LGBT community considered fleeing.
World reacts to Brunei's new stoning law
A law goes into effect Wednesday in Brunei that will punish adultery and homosexual sex with death.
George Clooney calls for hotel boycott over Brunei LGBT death penalty
Film star George Clooney has called for a boycott of nine hotels because of their links to Brunei, where homosexual acts will from next week be punishable by death.
Brunei to punish gay sex, adultery with death by stoning
A new law which comes into effect from next week will punish homosexual sex and adultery with death in the small southeast Asian kingdom of Brunei.
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