Dozens of anti-discrimination demonstrators massed on Saturday outside the Brunei-owned luxury Dorchester Hotel in London over the southeast Asian ...
LONDON: Dozens of anti-discrimination demonstrators massed on Saturday outside the Brunei-owned luxury Dorchester Hotel in London over the southeast Asian country's adoption of harsh new sharia laws, including death for gay sex.
Tatchell argued if Brunei failed to revoke the laws, the British government - which has a military garrison there - should sever ties with its former protectorate. Mark Fields, a junior foreign minister, told the House of Commons:"Rather than making threats... a more positive way is to try to hold them close, recognise that there are very some strong connections there."The University of Oxford said Saturday it would reconsider its decision to award an honorary degree to the Sultan.
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