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Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah attends an event in Bandar Seri Begawan on April 3, 2019.

Brunei Sultan Returns Oxford Degree After Uproar Over Proposal to Punish Gay Sex With Death by Stoning

The Sultan of Brunei has returned an honorary degree he received from the U...

The Sultan of Brunei has returned an honorary degree he received from the University of Oxford in England after global backlash over his proposal to punish people who engage in same-sex relations with the death...

Brunei Says It Won't Enforce Death by Stoning for Gay Sex

The country has faced harsh international criticism over its new penal code

Left Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. Right A rainbow flag.

This Is What It's Like to Be Gay in Brunei, Where Homosexuality Is Now Punishable by Being Stoned to Death

The country just made death by stoning the punishment for gay sex, adultery...

The country just made death by stoning the punishment for gay sex, adultery and extramarital sex

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) waves from the royal chariot during a procession to mark his golden jubilee of accession to the throne in Bandar Seri Begawan on Oct. 5, 2017.

Homosexuality and Adultery Are Now Punishable With Death by Stoning in Brunei. Here's What to Know

Gay sex, adultery and extramarital sex will be punishable with death by sto...

Gay sex, adultery and extramarital sex will be punishable with death by stoning

Honoree George Clooney attends the American Film Institute's 46th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to George Clooney at Dolby Theatre on June 7, 2018 in Hollywood, California.

George Clooney Calls for Boycott of Sultan of Brunei's Hotels Over Anti-Gay Stoning Law

George Clooney has called for a boycott of nine hotels connected to the rul...

George Clooney has called for a boycott of nine hotels connected to the ruler of Brunei, where gay sex will be punishable by death starting April 3. In an op-ed written for Deadline Hollywood, Clooney...

Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announces the introduction of the sharia law penal code to the Southeast Asia country in its capital of Bandar Seri Begawan on Apr. 30, 2014.

Gay Sex Is About to Become Punishable With Death by Stoning in Brunei

The new punishment is part of the country's implementation of Sharia law

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan steams in the South China Sea last week.

Showdown Now Looming Over the South China Sea

Court ruling sets the stage for U.S.-Chinese clash