‘Gay Party’ Arrests In Indonesia
Dozens of attendees at a party in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, have been arrested by local authorities after a raid on a hotel room where an …
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Brunei won’t enforce death penalty for gay sex following global backlash
Even without enforcement of the death penalty, homosexuality is still illegal in Brunei and carries a punishment of up to 10 years in prison.
Brisbane to rally against anti-LGBTI laws at Brunei-owned Royal on the Park Hotel
“We owe it to our neighbours in Brunei to stand up for their rights.”
Queensland government scraps plans for Royal Brunei Airlines deal over anti-LGBTI laws
“We will not provide any taxpayers’ dollars to Royal Brunei Airlines.”
Calls for boycott after Brunei introduces death by stoning punishment for gay sex
The Sultan of Brunei first announced the small but wealthy nation would adopt full sharia law in 2014, which prompted a global backlash. The laws will now come into effect on April 3.
Two women in Malaysia to be fined and caned for trying to have sex
The women – who are 22 and 32 – were fined around $1,100 AUD and sentenced to six strokes of the cane.
Public canings for gay sex resume in Aceh as two men lashed 87 times
Aceh’s governor had decreed earlier this year that corporal punishments would only take place inside prisons or detention centres.