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Related: About this forumFeminist Activists Protest TPP and Bruneian Penal Code Outside Beverly Hills Hotel
Feminist Activists Protest TPP and Bruneian Penal Code Outside Beverly Hills Hotel
Activists gathered across the street from the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles yesterday to call on Congress to exclude Brunei from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The crowd included organizers from the Feminist Majority Foundation, FMF board member Mavis Leno, as well as leadership from organizations such as 1 Billion Rising, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, and Unite Here who organized the rally. The rally was held in a park across the street from the Beverly Hills Hotel as it is owned by the Sultan of Brunei, who has recently enacted a cruel and strict penal code that places the lives of women and the LGBT community in danger of harsh punishments.
The penal code, which went into effect last May, calls for harsh punishments for women who become pregnant outside of marriage, women who have abortions, for adultery, and for anything deemed indecent behavior. It also threatens women who engage in same-sex relations with fines, imprisonment, or whipping, and men who engage in same-sex relations with flogging or death by stoning.
The City Council of West Hollywood passed a resolution on Tuesday opposing fast tracking of the TPP, and encouraging transparent, public debate during TPP negotiations. The resolution cited many concerns with the TPP, including a partnership with Brunei, but emphasized the negative effects of fast track legislation, which would prevent Congress from amending the trade agreement and would require an up-or-down vote in 60 days. The resolution stated Fast Track procedures make it impossible for our elected representatives to adequately study and assess the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty presented to them in order to determine if this proposed Agreement is in the best interests of the American people. The resolution is currently awaiting the Mayors signature.
Mavis Leno, FMF Board Member and wife of anti-TPP activist Jay Leno, echoed her concerns about fast tracking the TPP, as well as her frustration that the TPP negotiations have not been transparent and have largely happened in secret. She stressed that the United States should not be negotiating with a country whose policies so negatively impact women and the LGBT community.
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http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2015/02/19/feminist-activists-protest-tpp-and-bruneian-penal-code-outside-beverly-hills-hotel/
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Feminist Activists Protest TPP and Bruneian Penal Code Outside Beverly Hills Hotel (Original Post)
niyad
Feb 2015
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Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)1. I think every country should be excluded from the TPP
It's bad news for the little guy.
niyad
(113,315 posts)2. it is a horrible piece of legalized thievery and enslavement.