Following wide condemnation from the international community and Human Rights activists, Brunei has reversed the death penalty slammed on gays in the small oil rich country.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the country’s ruler in a televused speech on Sunday said he would extend a moratorium on capital punishment and ratify the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
The announcement follows a global backlash to the country’s announcement in April that it would impose draconian new punishments, including death by stoning, for those convicted of gay sex, adultery and rape.Many international celebrities joined Human Rights Groups in seeking boycott of hotels owned by the country’s ruler in America.This may be a little relief for the LGBT community in Brunei
as they still face discrimination, flogging, torture and imprisonment if caught.
as they still face discrimination, flogging, torture and imprisonment if caught.
Naija Bell 