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– those found guilty of gay sex could be stoned to death or whipped.Women listen to the sultan’s speech
‘Now with it, we feel even smaller and the ones who could potentially oppress us have more opportunity to harass us to say and do what they want,’ he said. ‘Are we really going to help fund the murder of innocent citizens?’ Clooney wrote Thursday on Deadline Hollywood. There has been no vocal opposition to the new penalties in Brunei, where the sultan rules as head of state with full executive authority. Public criticism of his policies is extremely rare in the country.
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