Entry #10235: Censorship of LGBT issues in Brunei

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Region	Brunei
Issue	Censorship of LGBT issues
Status	Other punishment
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.
Sources	https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/majalah-42790219

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Revision History (9)

Jul 15, 2024

edited by qcksws. Reverting to revision #19910: Fixing the staute

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	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Value	No censorship	Other punishment
Description	In Brunei, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.
Description	Show Difference In Brunei, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.
Sources	https://database.ilga.org/brunei-lgbti	https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/majalah-42790219

Jul 15, 2024

edited by sophia_31200. fixed statut, add source (no censorship)

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	State-enforced	No censorship
Description	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.	In Brunei, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Description	Show Difference In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities. there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Sources	https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/majalah-42790219	https://database.ilga.org/brunei-lgbti

Oct 28, 2023

edited by Clara. State Enforced

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	Old Value	New Value
Value	Other punishment	State-enforced

Jul 10, 2022

edited by LGBT_southeastasian

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.
Description	Show Difference In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities. something contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.

Jul 10, 2022

edited by LGBT_southeastasian

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment , lashing , fines or exile . In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.
Description	Show Difference In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment , lashing , fines or exile . In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities. imprisonment, fines or exile. In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.

Nov 22, 2021

edited by Muhammadaji2022

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment , lashing , fines or exile . In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government , was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment , lashing , fines or exile . In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.
Description	Show Difference In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment , lashing , fines or exile . In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government , was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities. on the topics of LGBT rights and freedom of opinion, was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.

Nov 15, 2021

edited by Muhammadaji2022

Helpful?

	Old Value	New Value
Description	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment , lashing , fines or exile . In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government , was reported by the Sultan.	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment , lashing , fines or exile . In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government , was reported by the Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.
Description	Show Difference In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment , lashing , fines or exile . In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government , was reported by the Sultan. Sultan and Bruneian police authorities.

Nov 15, 2021

edited by Muhammadaji2022

Helpful?

	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Value	No censorship	Other punishment
Description	In Brunei, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.	In Brunei, censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment , lashing , fines or exile . In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government , was reported by the Sultan.
Description	Show Difference In Brunei, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. censorship towards LGBT issues are state enforced since the country is based on Sharia Law and managed by the monarchy. Those who are sought to be deviant or critizizing the Bruneian government or promoting something's contradictory to Islam could be subjected to imprisonment , lashing , fines or exile . In 2019, an Indonesian Instagram account criticizing the Bruneian government , was reported by the Sultan.
Sources		https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/majalah-42790219

Jul 29, 2021

created by equaldex

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	Original entry
Status	No censorship
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	In Brunei, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Sources	(empty)