The European Parliament strongly condemned on Thursday 18 April the entry into force on 3 April in Brunei of the “retrograde” Sharia-based penal code, urging the authorities to repeal it immediately and ensure that its laws are in line with international law and standards (see EUROPE B12228A24).
In the joint resolution adopted by the Greens/EFA, ECR, GUE/NGL, ELDD, S&D, EPP and ALDE groups by a show of hands, MEPs condemned "the use of torture and cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment...