ALBAWABA - Following Russia's move, the parliament in Kazakhstan has passed a law on Wednesday to ban LGBTQ or what it referred to as "non-traditional sexual orientation".
The approved bill needs to be approved by the upper house in the country, AFP reported.
The new law imposes a ban on "information containing propaganda of paedophilia and/or non-traditional sexual orientation in public spaces, as well as in the media."
The International Partnership for Human Rights said in a statement that many activists warned that the new law is a violation of "Kazakhstan's international human rights commitments."
Rights groups said the measure is discriminatory and could enhance violence against members of the LGBTQ community in the Central Asian Muslim-majority country.
On the other hand, Moscow approved an anti-LGBTQ law in 2013 and banned what it called the "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships" among kids and minors.
Then, it expanded the measure to include adults as well.
