Beverly Hills Hotel Boycott Gathers Steam

Such extreme brand damage will be difficult to repair

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The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) has joined a growing boycott of the Beverly Hills Hotel, pulling its Courage in Journalism Awards ceremony from the venue.

The owner of the iconic Tinseltown hospitality brand, the Sultan of Brunei (aka Hassanal Bolkiah), is implementing Sharia-based laws in his country that will apply capital punishment to homosexuality and adultery. The laws also call for amputations, the flogging of women who have abortions and the stoning to death of gay men and lesbians.

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