{"id":73774,"date":"2021-03-16T13:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T13:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=73774"},"modified":"2021-03-17T13:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:45:30","slug":"uzbekistan-widespread-controversy-over-new-law-undermining-freedom-of-religion-and-belief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/73774-uzbekistan-widespread-controversy-over-new-law-undermining-freedom-of-religion-and-belief\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan: Widespread controversy over new law undermining freedom of &#8220;religion and belief&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-16_18-25-22-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-16_18-25-22-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-16_18-25-22-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-16_18-25-22-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-16_18-25-22-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-16_18-25-22.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Uzbekistan is witnessing intense controversy and concerns between Muslims and Christians due to the state&#8217;s new criminal law, which will enter into force on January 1 of next year, and may undermine religious freedom in the country.<br>Members of religious sects and human rights defenders have criticized the new draft criminal law, which, they say, &#8220;will continue to punish those who exercise freedom of religion or belief without the permission of the state.&#8221;<br>Eurasia Review agency said in a report followed by Shia Waves that &#8220;Muslims and Christians of Uzbekistan complained about the new law and said that it is the same as the old law with no real changes.&#8221;<br>For his part, Solmaz Akhmedova, from the Human Rights Coalition, indicated that &#8220;they have just made some decorative changes, and used less religious terminology,&#8221; noting that &#8220;anyone who exercises his religious and belief right without the state&#8217;s permission will still face trial under the new penal code proposed by the country.&#8221;<br>Muslims and Christians also pointed out that &#8220;many people do not even realize that a new draft criminal law has been published, or that it is being discussed in Parliament.&#8221;<br>The new law, adopted by Parliament and signed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, will be effective on January 1, 2022.<br>Officials in the prosecutor\u2019s office in the capital, Tashkent &#8211; who drafted the proposed new criminal law &#8211; refused to discuss it with human rights organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uzbekistan is witnessing intense controversy and concerns between Muslims and Christians due to the state&#8217;s new criminal law, which will enter into force on January 1 of next year, and may undermine religious freedom in the country.Members of religious sects and human rights defenders have criticized the new draft criminal law, which, they say, &#8220;will &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":73841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,31,30],"tags":[612,153],"class_list":["post-73774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news","category-world","tag-freedom","tag-uzbekistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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