News Brunei Social: Whither social equality?
Brunei. They are the exception, not the rule. Many Muslim countries retain Islam as the state religion but are run on secular lines. Moreover, it is disingenuous to reduce human rights to social ...
News Brunei Social: Porsche picks Golin Singapore for regional communications duties
The appointment marks the first time Porsche Asia Pacific and Porsche Singapore have consolidated communications duties supporting the public relations, marketing, and after sales teams within a single agency.
News Brunei Social: Sound the Alarm
This makes Brunei one of only a handful of countries in the world that ... LGBTQ people have been subjected to widespread social ostracism and violent attack from government officials, religious ...
News Brunei Social: New US visa application requires your social media information
With regard to Asia, if you’re not from Singapore, Brunei, Japan, South Korea, or Taiwan, chances are you’ll need a visa to enter the land of the free. Platforms on the drop-down menu include a ...
News Brunei Social: Anti-LGBTQ Sentiment Is Rising Around the World
Gay people in Brunei can be whipped and imprisoned for being gay. In Poland, the populist party is saying that gay people are the public's number one enemy, and that's to say nothing of the concentration camps in Chechnya or the “bigot bills” in Texas.
News Brunei Social: Brunei LGBT laws: move over George Clooney, why Asian activists are better off without ‘Western saviours’
and a lack of appreciation for the distinct legal and social contexts in the region. LGBTQ activists from Malaysia and Indonesia responded to Clooney’s statement by highlighting the distinctions ...
News Brunei Social: Not Brunei Or Saudi Arabia, A Man Was Assaulted For Being Gay In India
Given the conservative community Poojary belongs to, people from LGBTQIA+ circles probably don’t have the social space to even admit to being ... itself hoarse about the injustices of nations like ...
News Brunei Social: Brunei denies gay discrimination despite sodomy stoning law
Yusof said that while Brunei did not criminalise individuals over personal choices, it does prohibit "the act" of gay sex to protect the nation's "religion, tradition and social fabric and values." ...
News Brunei Social: When taking a stand on social issues, companies risk losing it all
STA told me they believed Brunei’s actions were in contravention ... companies and brands should take a stand on political and social issues. As British brand consultant Steven Strickland ...