Joint Statement: Kazakhstan Must Withdraw Its Plans to Adopt Anti-LGBTI Laws and Uphold Its Human Rights Commitments | ILGA-Europe

Joint statement: Kazakhstan must withdraw its plans to adopt anti-LGBTI laws - TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia

On 2 September 2025, six human rights organisations expressed deep concern over recent developments in Kazakhstan, where authorities have announced further steps toward drafting and adopting legislation to ban the dissemination of LGBTI-related content.  According to one of the media outlets, on 30 July 2025, the government-organised National Endowment for Prosperity (NEP) claimed to have found that “67,3% of respondents are in favor of restrict…

Joint statement: Kazakhstan must withdraw its plans to adopt anti-LGBTI laws and uphold its human rights commitments | ILGA-Europe

Brussels, 2 September 2025 We, the undersigned human rights organisations, express deep concern over recent developments in Kazakhstan, where authorities have announced further steps toward drafting and adopting legislation to ban the dissemination of LGBTI-related content.  According to one of the media outlets, on 30 July 2025 the government-organised National Endowment for Prosperity (NEP) claimed to have found that “67,3% of respondents are …