Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque
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HUMAN rights campaigners have denounced Brunei’s decision to make death by stoning the punishment for having gay sex.
Those found guilty of this “crime” currently face a lengthy prison sentence, but the new penalty is part of a new penal code that comes into force on April 3.
Under the new code, which also applies to children, the oil-rich, Western-backed absolute monarchy will also be empowered to order amputations as punishments.
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