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This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Brunei to be removed from the commenwealth for stoning homosexuals

Brunei Sultan has now declared that honosexuals will face death by stoning under Islamic law. Thus practice is not only heinous and barbaric but also an affront to human rights, decency and is the most open act of homophobia. The law also covers those accused of adultery.

More details

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/27/asia/brunei-anti-lgbt-stoning-law-intl/index.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/brunei-brings-in-death-by-stoning-as-punishment-for-gay-sex

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/253069

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