'Stand up for all people and choose love!' Shanina Shaik and Natalie Imbruglia join the chorus of celebrity voices calling for a boycott of Brunei-owned hotels after country passes law calling for death by stoning for gay sex
Shanina Shaik and Natalie Imbruglia have joined the chorus of celebrity voices calling for a boycott of Brunei-owned hotels due to controversial laws being passed by the country.
Model Shanina took to Instagram Stories on Friday to re-post the viral boycott call-out, adding her own comment on the screen.
The Victoria's Secret runway star wrote: 'Stand up for all people and choose LOVE! Equality'.
'Stand up for all people and choose love!' On Friday, Shanina Shaik (pictured) joined the chorus of celebrity voices calling for a boycott of Brunei-owned hotels over controversial laws by sharing an Instagram post
Singer Natalie Imbruglia likewise shared the call-out, re-posting it to Instagram from the account of Ellen DeGeneres on Friday and adding a caption.
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The Australia pop star wrote: 'I am so shocked to hear about this. Please repost and spread the word'.
Talk show host Ellen was among the first to call for the boycott, posting it to Instagram on Wednesday.
Opinion: Model Shanina took to Instagram Stories on Friday to re-post a viral boycott call-out, adding her own comment, writing, 'Stand up for all people and choose LOVE! Equality'
She captioned it: 'Tomorrow, the country of Brunei will start stoning gay people to death. We need to do something now. Please boycott these hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei. Raise your voices now. Spread the word. Rise up.'
Celebrities including George Clooney, Jamie Lee Curtis and Elton John have also called for a boycott of hotels in LA owned by the tiny country across the globe in protest over the strict law.
The boycott call names the fabled Beverly Hills Hotel, once the playground of Hollywood celebrities, and Hotel Bel-Air, and came after the sultanate announced plans to implement the death penalty for gay sex and adultery.
The new laws, which will also impose death by stoning for rape and amputations for theft, have been condemned by the United Nations.
Speaking: Singer Natalie Imbruglia (pictured) likewise shared the call-out, re-posting it to Instagram from the account of Ellen DeGeneres on Friday and adding a caption
The pop star wrote: I am so shocked to hear about this. Please repost and spread the word'
Call: Talk show host Ellen (pictured) was among the first to call for the boycott, posting it to Instagram on Wednesday. She captioned it: 'Tomorrow, the country of Brunei will start stoning gay people to death. We need to do something now. Raise your voices now'
In a column for Deadline on Thursday, George Clooney wrote: 'They're nice hotels. The people who work there are kind and helpful and have no part in the ownership of these properties.
'But let's be clear, every single time we stay at or take meetings at or dine at any of these nine hotels we are putting money directly into the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to death their own citizens for being gay or accused of adultery.'
George wrote that he's 'learned over years of dealing with murderous regimes that you can't shame them. But you can shame the banks, the financiers and the institutions that do business with them and choose to look the other way.'
He then listed the nine hotels owned by Brunei's sultan and said: 'It's up to each of us what we want to do.'
Call for change: Celebrities including George Clooney (pictured) Jamie Lee Curtis and Elton John have also called for a boycott of hotels in LA owned by the tiny country across the globe in protest over the strict laws
