Kazakhstan: Feminist LGBTI activist standing trial for photoshoot

On the evening of 15 August, police took Zhanar Sekerbayeva to a police station in Almaty where she was formally charged with the administrative offence of “minor hooliganism”. Zhanar Sekerbayeva is a member of the group ‘Feminita’, which held a photo session on 9 August to raise awareness about the taboo surrounding menstruation in Kazakhstani society.

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