George Clooney: Boycott Brunei-owned hotels over law on stoning gays

American actor George Clooney has called for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels in response to the country's decision to stone couples as punishment for gay sex.

In a column for deadline.com, Clooney said the Sultan of Brunei owned exclusive hotels in Europe and the United States through the Brunei Investment Agency.

The actor said a boycott likely would not influence a change in the law as Brunei is a monarchy, but he said that the public should not "help pay for human rights violations" by patronizing the hotels.

"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," Clooney wrote.

The actor said two of the hotels in Los Angeles, The Bel-Air and The Beverly Hills Hotel, were previously boycotted due to Brunei's treatment of the LGBTQ community.

The other hotels are The Dorchester and 45 Park Lane in London, Coworth Park in Sunningdale, United Kingdom, Le Meurice and Hotel Plaza Athenee in Paris, Hotel Eden in Rome, and Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan.

"I’ve learned over years of dealing with murderous regimes that you can’t shame them," Clooney said. "But you can shame the banks, the financiers and the institutions that do business with them and choose to look the other way." —NB, GMA News