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UN agencies urge Brunei to repeal new ‘extreme and unjustified’ penal code

UN agencies urge Brunei to repeal new ‘extreme and unjustified’ penal code

Apr 05, 2019, at 09:02 am

New York, Apr 5 (IBNS): New criminal laws in Brunei that impose the death penalty for same-sex relationships, adultery and childbirth out of marriage, “breach international human rights norms”, and should be suspended or repealed said the heads of two United Nations agencies on Thursday.