Published: April 06, 2019
Calls for fresh action after regime passes ‘death by stoning’ law for gay sex
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The RAF and Royal Navy are under pressure to sever links with the sultan of Brunei amid a global backlash against his country’s decision to introduce death by stoning as the punishment for homosexuality.
Celebrities including Sir Elton John, George Clooney and Ellen de Generes last week urged a boycott of Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah’s hotel empire, which includes London’s Dorchester and 45 Park Lane. Now there are also calls for him to be stripped of honorary commissions in the RAF as an air chief marshal and an admiral of the Royal Navy, conferred by the Queen.
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