Gay Sex Punishable by Stoning to Death in the Kingdom of Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BRUNEI — (04-03-19) — Gay sex and adultery are now punishable by stoning to death in the oil-rich kingdom of Brunei.

Indeed, even in the wake of astonishing individuals from the United Nations and world pioneers far and wide, the Muslim greater part country’s administration is pushing forward with new Islamic laws which incorporate batter to the point of death any one having Gay sex or submitting infidelity.

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said that his kingdom is pushing ahead with a huge number of new Islamic laws that will make gay sex and infidelity deserving of batter to the point of death just as removal punishments for burglary.

The Sultan said that he won’t cave into pressure from the worldwide network and that “Like all other autonomous nations, will make and implement our own standard of law.” said Sultan Bolkiah.

The minor oil-rich kingdom’s new Sharia penal code was completely executed on Wednesday. Brunei, is situated on the island of Borneo.

They made overall news and judgment when they turned into the primary East Asian nation to embrace Sharia as law in 2014. Their outrageous enemy of LGBT enactment was gradually moving its way into execution and is presently being completely authorized.

The last stage which started this week, makes sodomy between two men or unmarried hetero couples deserving of being stoned to death or whipped with 100 strokes.  Infidelity additionally conveys a similar discipline for the two people.

Reported by Agence France-Presse, the punishment of batter to the point of death must be connected if a blamed individual admits to the offense or if there are no less than four observers.

Sharia penal code of Brunei allows Gay Men to be Stoned to Death

Though it remains unclear whether Brunei will actually mete out some of these extreme punishments, its new laws have been lambasted as “cruel and inhuman” by the United Nations and “barbaric to the core” by Human Rights Watch.

The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on the harsh penalties as counter to Brunei’s “international human rights obligations, including with respect to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”

Political leaders in the European Union have called for the kingdom of Brunei to not move forward with its new penal code.

Antonio Panzeri, chairman of the European Parliament’s subcommittee on human rights, told Reuters..“Sexual orientation and gender identity are in essence individual choices, which should, under no circumstances, be subject to punishment, legal codification or discriminatory practices,” said Panzeri.

Article by: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer