George Clooney calls for boycott of Brunei-owned hotels in protest of anti-gay death penalty

Hollywood star George Clooney has called out for boycotting of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate’s imposition of the death penalty for gay sex and adultery. The nine hotels are located in the US, Britain, France and Italy.

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While writing for a website Clooney stated, “Every single time we stay at or take meetings at or dine at any of these nine hotels we are putting money directly into the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to death their own citizens for being gay or accused of adultery”.

“I’ve learned over years of dealing with murderous regimes that you can’t shame them. But you can shame the banks, the financiers and the institutions that do business with them and choose to look the other way”, he further added.

Under a series of new law reforms to its penal code, Brunei is set to permit the stoning and whipping to death of LGBT+ people. The law only applies to Muslims. Homosexuality is already illegal in the tiny sultanate, but it will now become a capital offence

New laws are due to come into effect from April 3rd. the Kingdom of Brunei will become the first nation in Southeast Asia to impose the death penalty for those found engaging in same-sex intercourse.

Brunei first announced the measures in 2013, but implementation has been delayed as officials worked out the practical details