The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on Los Angeles Confidential to move its upcoming event at the Beverly Hills Hotel to a different venue. The hotel is owned by the Sultan of Brunei, who announced a series of draconian laws last spring that could lead to the stoning of women and LGBT people in…
As new reports surfaced indicating the Sultan of Brunei could still be in negotiations to purchase the Plaza Hotel, today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) renewed its call to lawmakers, advocates and supporters of the rights of women and LGBT people in New York to speak out against any effort by the Sultan of Brunei to…
WASHINGTON –– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has renewed its call to lawmakers, advocates, and supporters of the rights of women and LGBT people in New York to speak out against any effort by the Sultan of Brunei to acquire a hotel in the city. The Sultan currently owns two in the United States—The Beverly…
WASHINGTON – New reports indicate that protesters will greet Congressman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and other attendees at his three-day fundraising gala in Beverly Hills this weekend because the venue’s owner, the Sultan of Brunei, has implemented new laws that could lead to citizens in his country being stoned to death. Whitfield’s events at the Sultan’s…
WASHINGTON –– Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) condemned the Dorchester Collection’s attempts to use its own employees to divert attention away from actions taken against the Sultan of Brunei’s hotels. This ploy comes despite assurances from the company that it has guaranteed the positions, income, and benefits of all of its employees for as long as…
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…
LOS ANGELES – Gay rights activists pledged a boycott of the Beverly Hills Hotel today, citing the hotel owner’s state-sponsored homophobia. The hotel is owned by the nation of Brunei, a country in South East Asia where male homosexuality is a crime. A video made by the group calls on supporters to “break up” with…
