Entry #9991: Homosexual activity in Brunei

Current Version

Region	Brunei
Issue	Homosexual activity
Status	Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Start Date	Mar 28, 2019
End Date	now
Description	Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (under moratorium); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.
Sources	https://www.agc.gov.bn/aGc%20images/Laws/Gazette_pdf/2013/en/syariah%20penal%20code%20order2013.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/brunei-brings-in-death-by-stoning-as-punishment-for-gay-sex https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/05/05/asia/brunei-lgbt-death-penalty-intl/index.html

Revision History (7)

Dec 18, 2023

edited by LGBTsoutheastasian. grammar correction

	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Description	Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced, under moratorium); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.	Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (under moratorium); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.
Description	Show Difference Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced, under moratorium); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women. (under moratorium); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.

Dec 18, 2023

edited by LGBTsoutheastasian. added

	Old Value	New Value
Description	Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.	Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced, under moratorium); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.
Description	Show Difference Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women. (unenforced, under moratorium); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.

Sep 24, 2023

edited by danlev. Revert abuse

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Legal	Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Description	[EDIT REMOVED]	Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.
Description	Show Difference [EDIT REMOVED] Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.

Reports (1)
Other "General error! Brunei does not appear on equality index but Afghanistan appears twice"
Oct 24, 2023

Sep 24, 2023

edited by KYSSSSS. Whysussiid

	Old Value	New Value
Value	Illegal (death penalty as punishment)	Legal

Reports (2)
Other "Wtf is this?"
Sep 24, 2023
Status is not correct "Spam"
Sep 24, 2023

Sep 24, 2023

edited by KYSSSSS. EQUALDEX RACIST

	Old Value	New Value
Description	Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.	[EDIT REMOVED]
Description	Show Difference Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women. [EDIT REMOVED]

Jul 22, 2022

edited by LGBT_southeastasian

	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Description	Starting April 3rd, 2019, new penal code instituted by the Sultan will include death by stoning to those caught and convicted of homosexual offenses	Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.
Description	Show Difference Starting April 3rd, 2019, new penal code instituted by the Sultan will include death by stoning to those caught and convicted of homosexual offenses Death penalty for married men caught in having homosexual offenses (unenforced); 100 lashes for unmarried men. 40 strokes of the cane or maximum 10 years of imprisonment for women.
Sources	https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/brunei-brings-in-death-by-stoning-as-punishment-for-gay-sex	https://www.agc.gov.bn/aGc%20images/Laws/Gazette_pdf/2013/en/syariah%20penal%20code%20order2013.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/brunei-brings-in-death-by-stoning-as-punishment-for-gay-sex https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/05/05/asia/brunei-lgbt-death-penalty-intl/index.html
Sources	Show Difference https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/brunei-brings-in-death-by-stoning-as-punishment-for-gay-sex https://www.agc.gov.bn/aGc%20images/Laws/Gazette_pdf/2013/en/syariah%20penal%20code%20order2013.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/brunei-brings-in-death-by-stoning-as-punishment-for-gay-sex https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/05/05/asia/brunei-lgbt-death-penalty-intl/index.html

Mar 28, 2019

created by vviet93

	Original entry
Status	Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Start Date	Mar 28, 2019
End Date	now
Description	Starting April 3rd, 2019, new penal code instituted by the Sultan will include death by stoning to those caught and convicted of homosexual offenses
Sources	https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/brunei-brings-in-death-by-stoning-as-punishment-for-gay-sex

Reports (1)
Status is not correct "I believe due to international pressure they changed it "
Oct 21, 2020