UN slams Brunei’s new laws as ‘cruel and inhuman’
Brunei first announced the measures in 2013, but implementation has been delayed, in the face of opposition by rights groups, and as officials worked out the practical details. – EPA pic, April 1, 2019.
THE United Nations today decried new “cruel and inhuman” laws set to take effect in Brunei this week, which impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, and amputations for theft. “I appeal to the government to stop the entry into force of this draconian new penal code, which would mark a serious setback for human rights protections for the people of Brunei if implemented,” UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement.
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