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Sultan of Brunei’s hotel besieged in protest at gay death penalty
Nearly 400 hundred people rallied outside the Dorchester Hotel in London on Saturday 6 April to protest against Brunei’s enactment of death by stoning for homosexuality, adultery and insulting the prophet Mohammad.
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TV Choice Awards ditches Brunei-owned hotel after the anti-LGBTQ law boycott
The TV Choice Awards will not be held at The Dorchester Hotel for the first time since 2009.
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Death penalty by stoning for homosexuality: MEPs write to Brunei’s Sultan
On 3 April 2019, Brunei starts implementing a law that imposes – among others – death penalty by stoning for same-sex relationships.
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Elton John, George Clooney urge boycott of Brunei-linked hotels
The tiny monarchy, which owns the Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air, will reportedly start instituting Sharia law for crimes including homosexuality.