
Brunei to punish gay sex with death
Brunei implements stoning to death under anti-gay and adultery laws
Brunei is introducing strict new laws that means anal sex and adultery are offences punishable by stoning to death. The new measures also cover a range of other crimes including punishment for theft by amputation.
Also, we hear the story of a 6-year-old girl from Yemen who had a tumour in her left eye that could have killed her. But thanks to donations her family took her to Jordan for life-saving treatment.
And in Nigeria we speak to the fiancée of Kolade Johnson who is suspected to have been hit by a stray bullet, fired by members of a unit of the Nigerian Police Force - the Special Anti-Robbery Squad - known as SARS. The police force is carrying out an internal investigation.
(Photo:Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah delivers a speech. April 3 2019. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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