The small southeast Asian kingdom of Brunei is set to punish gay sex and adultery under punishment of stoning as of next week.
Beginning on April 3, any individuals found guilty of the offenses will be stoned to death, with the punishment to be ‘witnessed by a group of Muslims’.
The country's strict new laws were announced in 2014, and have been rolled out gradually. The latest phase of implementation, including the brutal new provisions, was quietly announced on the Brunei attorney general's website on December 29, 2018.
Human rights groups were quick to express horror at the penal code, which will also order amputation as a punishment for theft.