This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Sever trade, defence and educational links with Brunei due to its laws on LGBT.
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As of today, sex between men in Brunei is punishable by stoning to death.
The new penal code also includes lesbian sex, which is punishable by 40 strokes of the cane and/or maximum 10 years in jail. Public flogging is the punishment for abortion and amputation applies to theft.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/254939
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