Is flag burning illegal in Kazakhstan?
Criminal offense
Flag desecration is illegal in Kazakhstan with penalties including fines and imprisonment.
Kazakhstan is one of 53 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 79% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Uzbekistan
- Criminal offense Desecration of the national flag is punishable by up to three years in prison under Uzbekistan's Criminal Code.
- Azerbaijan
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Azerbaijan with imprisonment terms of up to 1 year.
- Armenia
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Armenia with imprisonment terms of up to 1 year.
- Iran
- Criminal offense Desecration of the Iranian national flag is a crime.
- Turkey
- Criminal offense Turkey forbids burning any nation's flag with prison sentences ranging from 3 months to 3 years.
- Russia
- Criminal offense Russian law prohibits flag desecration with up to one year imprisonment.
Other laws in Kazakhstan
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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