Brunei introduces stoning to death as punishment for gay sex and adultery
Brunei is enacting strict new Islamic laws that make gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death, despite fierce global condemnation.
The tiny, Muslim-majority kingdom in 2013 became the first East Asian country to adopt Sharia law at a national level and it introduced the legislation and associated penalties in stages, with the new measures set to begin Wednesday, April 3. Under stages two and three of the penal code, sex between two men and adultery both carry a punishment of stoning to death, while sex between two women is punishable with 100 lashes.
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