April 26, 2025
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HRC urges action to stop the expansion of the Sultan of Brunei’s hotel chain to New York

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called on lawmakers, activists and allies of the LGBT community to speak out against the planned expansion to New York of a hotel chain owned by the anti-LGBT Sultan of Brunei.  The Sultan recently announced that he will soon introduce flogging, amputation, and stoning as possible punishments…

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HRC calls on organizations to avoid hotels owned by anti-LGBT Sultan of Brunei

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON — Following Brunei’s decision this week to advance a series of penal code reforms that will include stoning as a possible punishment for relations between its LGBT citizens, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) sent letters today to the leadership of several organizations that currently plan to host events at American hotels owned by the…

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