Stoning for gays in Brunei | George Clooney pid …

Next week, a new criminal code will be set up in the Asian state of Brunei. It provides for the death penalty by sentencing to death persons who have bad with persons of the same bad and persons accused of adultery. The text that will be implemented by the small sultanate of 400,000 inhabitants leads to an extreme sharia, Islamic religious law. Human rights organizations have repudiated the new law as being "inhumane and cruel" and even actor George Clooney has called for a boycott of the luxury hotel chain that the Sultan of Brunei has in different cities of the world.

The new code also toughens penalties for common crimes. The new sanction for theft will be the amputation of the right hand in case of first offense and the left foot in case of recidivism.

Human rights organizations have protested at the announcement of the new project. "Brunei must immediately put an end to its plans to implement these ruthless sanctions and revise its penal code in accordance with human rights obligations.The international community must urgently condemn this measure", said Rachel Chhoa-Howard, Amnesty International's representative in the Arab country.

Sultan Hbadbad Bolkiah was one of the richest men in the world according to Forbes magazine. His personal fortune is $ 20 million, including a palace of more than 1,500 rooms and a collection of 5,000 luxury cars.

Clooney, who has called for a boycott of the hotel chain belonging to the Sultan, is joining the international repudiation. In total, there are nine luxury hotels. "Let's be clear, every time we stay or meet or eat in any of these nine hotels, we give money directly to men who choose to stoned or bad until the death of their own citizens because they are homobaduals or accused of adultery, "he said. l & # 39; actor.

Clooney acknowledged that even though the boycott "will have little effect on changing laws," it will not at least increase the fortunes of the Sultan of Brunei. "Are we really going to help finance the killing of innocent citizens? Over the years I have learned that you can not embarrbad the murderous regimes, but that you can embarrbad the banks and institutions that deal with them and choose to look away, "he said.