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Foreign citizens who make unacceptable statements about Uzbekistan and its people are being proposed to be banned from entering the country. This proposal was made by a group of members of the Legislative Chamber (Uzbekistan’s lower house of parliament), who have developed the corresponding bill. asiaplustj.info »
A statement released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on May 30 says increasing numbers of people in Uzbekistan are being prosecuted and imprisoned for “insulting the president online.” The criminal charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and violates international human rights law. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported on November 3 that a court in Uzbekistan has sentenced a teenager to two-and-a-half years in prison for insulting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The 19-year-old, a resident of the Kattakurgan district in the Samarkand region, was reportedly found by the court to have written comments on Instagram that could be deemed defamatory of the president. asiaplustj.info »
The efforts should be focused on preventing the use of the internet for radicalization, recruitment, and propaganda of extremism and violence, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said on September 20 while delivering a statement at the General Debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan's state-backed religious authorities say a prominent imam has been fired after a video emerged that apparently shows him berating worshippers at a mosque during Ramadan prayers, according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service . asiaplustj.info »
A 22-year-old resident of Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), Ayni Zikrillobekov was detained on March 12 on suspicion of committing a number of crimes including insulting a representative of the authority, according to the Interior Ministry’s official website. asiaplustj.info »