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 (6)
Revision by LGBTsoutheastasian. grammar correction
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Note | 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. |
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Revision by LGBTsoutheastasian. added
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Note | 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. |
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Revision by danlev. Revert abuse
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Value | Legal | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
Note | [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. |
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Reports (1)
- Other "General error! Brunei does not appear on equality index but Afghanistan appears twice"
Revision by KYSSSSS. Whysussiid
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Value | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) | Legal |
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- Other "Wtf is this?"
- Status is not correct "Spam"
Revision by KYSSSSS. EQUALDEX RACIST
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Note | 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] |
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Revision by LGBT_southeastasian
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Note | 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. |
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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 |
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Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "I believe due to international pressure they changed it "