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Kazakhstani Queer Rights Activists Arrested

By Aneurin Davies The arrests occurred in Astana, the country’s capital, where Cardiff University’s campus is located. Kazakhstan’s lower house passed an “LGBT propaganda bill” on November 12th. Meaning fines and up to 10 days in jail for anyone found to be disseminating “information containing propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation and paedophilia” (according to the UN). The goal of the bill is to uphold what … Continue reading Kazakhstani Queer Rights Activists Arrested