In Kyrgyzstan, people living with HIV continue to face stigma and denial of medical care, despite laws prohibiting discrimination based on HIV status.
What violations have been recorded?
- Doctors are pressured to identify the contacts of LGBT individuals during epidemiological investigations.
- Health workers exhibit bias by threatening to disclose patients’ sexual orientation.
- Repressive laws have forced many communities to shut down, and social support services are now largely limited to major cities.
Read more in the 2024 National Report on Violations of the Rights of LGBT People in Kyrgyzstan here .
More reports on Violations of the Rights of LGBT People in different countries of the EECA region find here.
