Overview
- The lower house voted unanimously to adopt amendments prohibiting distribution of such content in public spaces, media, telecom networks and online platforms.
- The provisions are part of a wider bill on archival policy and unlawful content that would amend laws on children’s rights, advertising, communications, culture, education, cinematography and mass media.
- A group of 18 MPs initiated the changes after a 2024 petition topped 50,000 signatures calling for limits on LGBT “propaganda.”
- Lead sponsor Elnur Beysenbaev framed the move as protection of minors and said it sets boundaries on public dissemination without restricting private rights.
- International rights organizations criticized the language as likely to enable censorship and mirror Russian restrictions, a comparison lawmakers rejected.