Resolution would condemn Muslim-majority sultanate for imposing death penalty for gay sex EU officials on Wednesday accused Brunei of “rude” and “abusive” lobbying against a resolution condemning the Muslim-majority sultanate for imposing the death penalty for gay sex and adultery. Brunei has drawn global condemnation from the United Nations, governments and celebrities for Islamic laws introduced on April 3rd that also punish rape with death and theft with amputation. On Thursday, MEPs are to vote on a resolution that “strongly condemns” the laws, which allow for sodomy to be punished by stoning to death. Ahead of the vote, a Brunei official visited MEPs’ offices unannounced with a letter defending the southeast Asian nation’s strengthening of Sharia laws, and asked for meetings. “It’s a bit rude to be honest and a bit pushy,” Bastien Valtille, who works for French MEP Pascal Durand, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “If we had known before what was inside th...
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