GENEVA – The Government of Kazakhstan should reject a petition it is considering that calls for legislation that would violate freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association based on sexual orientation and gender identity, five United Nations experts* said today. “This petition should not have been entertained by the government in the first place and should be rejected now,” said the experts. “The petition itself is based on prejudice, and any legislation arising from it would inevitably and unlawfully trample on human rights.”