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Brunei: UN concerned at application of death penalty

Brunei: UN concerned at application of death penalty

Apr 12, 2014, at 07:01 pm

New York, Apr 12 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights office on Friday voiced deep concern about the revised penal code in Brunei Darussalam which stipulates the death penalty for numerous offences, including robbery, adultery, and insult or defamation of the Prophet Mohammed, and introduces stoning to death as the specific method of execution for crimes of a sexual nature.