Rejected petition Strip the Sultan of Brunei of his UK Honours

The Sultan of Brunei has implemented anti-LGBT laws that means gay men can be stoned to death. He is the ruler and Prime Minister - it was a personal decision. He should not be stripped of UK Honours as others have been for far less than actively promoting the killing of gay people.

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Honours can be revoked by the Honours Forfeiture Committe previous examples here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honours_Forfeiture_Committee) show Naseem Hamed (for injuring people while drunk driving) and Lester Piggot (tax evasion). If the government is not willing to recommend this action, it should say why tax evasion is worse than killing gay men.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about honours or appointments.

We can't accept petitions asking for people's honours to be taken away. You can find out more about how honours are taken away here:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/having-honours-taken-away-forfeiture

There are already petitions about the issue you raise, which you might like to sign:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/251142

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

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/254979

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/253261

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/252693

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/254939

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Date submitted 3 April 2019
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