d sultan of brunei has no plans to reconsider. alexander field joins us with more. what have you learned? >> reporter: there are no signs the government will change course. they put out a statement over the weekend reaffirming the fact they are a sovereign country with the right to enforce their own laws. but the international outreach is mounting before the laws become in shienshrined. george clooney has been leading a boycott of hotels owned by the brunei investment group controlled by the sultan. george clooney says every single time we stay at, take meetings at or dine at any of the nine hotels we are putting money into the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to death their own citizens for being gay or accused of adultery. powerful words there. we have had responses from some of the hotels not directly responding to the boycott but saying they uphold values of diversity. one hotel saying they value lgbtq rights. as for the lgbtq community in brunei, i spoke to some who live there and some who left, afraid for their lives. they said they believe the laws