Guarantees for the protection of journalists against illegal actions by officials to be strengthened

President of Uzbekistan signed a resolution “On additional measures to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution and the law, strengthening public control and raising legal culture in society”.

The Agency for Information and Mass Communications under the Presidential Administration is entrusted with the following tasks:

By July 1, 2020, the AIMC will ensure media activities and their freedom of access to information, strengthen guarantees to protect against unlawful acts (decisions) of state bodies and officials, and establish the obligations of journalists on their professional activities. It will develop draft laws on amendments and addenda to the Laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On TV and radio broadcasting” and “On the mass media” and submit them to the Cabinet of Ministers;

By March 1, 2020, it will develop and approve a comprehensive program of measures to ensure transparency in the activities of all government agencies and organizations, and to raise them to a new level, including public relations with the media.