Kazakhstan’s parliament on Nov. 12 passed a law through its lower house banning “LGBT propaganda” online or in the media, mandating fines for violators and sentences of up to 10 days in prison for repeat offenders.
The legislation was voted through the Majilis, the former Soviet republic’s junior chamber, with unanimous support.
Lawmaker Yelnur Beisenbayev defined “propaganda” in late October in relation to the legislation as “dissemination of information about non-traditional sexual orientation and commitment to it whether publicly or through the use of mass media … including intentionally distorted information for an indefinite number of people in order to shape positive public opinion,” Tengri News reported….
Kazakhstan Parliament Votes to Ban ‘LGBT Propaganda’
