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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12228

4 April 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Brunei
EU condemns entry into force of sentences amounting to torture

03/04/2019 (Agence Europe)The spokesperson of the European External Action Service denounced, on Tuesday, 2 April, the entry into force, on 3 April, of new measures in Brunei's penal code, a code that follows the strictest sharia law. “Some of the punishments foreseen in the criminal code amount to torture, acts of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment”, the spokesperson said in a statement. “It is critical that the Government ensures that the implementation of the Penal Code...

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