Petition · past parliament

Brunei to be removed from the commenwealth for stoning homosexuals

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Brunei Sultan has now declared that honosexuals will face death by stoning under Islamic law. Thus practice is not only heinous and barbaric but also an affront to human rights, decency and is the most open act of homophobia. The law also covers those accused of adultery.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/27/asia/brunei-anti-lgbt-stoning-law-intl/index.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/brunei-brings-in-death-by-stoning-as-punishment-for-gay-sex

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

30 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
4 Apr 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Apr 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.