Day: December 4, 2021

The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) has endorsed amendments offered to the country’s law “On the Mountain Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan,” which was adopted on July 22, 2013.

 

The law on amendments proposed to the RT Law “On the Mountain Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan” is currently pending by the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament).

 

A new article providing for protection of the environment in the mountain areas has been added to the law “On the Mountain Regions of the Republic of Tajikistan.”

 

After the amendments come into force, construction of any facilities and any economic or other human activity in the mountain areas will be allowed only after conducting an environmental feasibility study, which considers both human and environmental health factors.

 

Causing harm to the environment in the mountain areas as a result of economic and other activities will be punished under the current legislation.

 

Details of the amendments are not yet known, but since 93% of Tajikistan is mountainous, economic and other human activity in the mountain areas is inevitable.

Source: Asia plus

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday fired the head of Uzkomnazorat (Uzbekistan’s telecoms watchdog) Golibsher Ziyayev after he restricted access to popular social networks and websites such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Odnoklassniki, Telegram, LinkedIn, Moi Mir and other services .

 

Citing the president’s spokeschairperson, Uzbek media reports say the decision by watchdog Uzkomnazorat to drastically reduce the speed at which Uzbekistan’s 35 million citizens can access those websites was “unilateral and not fully thought-out.”

 

Uzkomnazorat earlier said the social networks and messengers did not comply with a new personal data law which took effect last week and requires Uzbeks’ personal data to be stored on servers located in Uzbekistan.

 

Access to TikTok, Twitter, Skype, Russian social network VK and China’s WeChat has been restricted in Uzbekistan since July.

 

Kun.uz says President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 29 signed a law on amendments and additions to the Criminal Code and the Administrative Responsibility Code.

 

According to this law, responsibility for violating requirements for the protection of personal data has been tightened in Uzbekistan.

 

Failure to comply with the requirements for the collection, systematization and storage of personal data in technical means and databases located in Uzbekistan when processing personal data of citizens using IT, including on the Internet, entails the imposition of a fine on citizens of 7 BCAs (1 million 890 thousand soums ), for officials – 50 BCAs (13 million 500 thousand soums).

 

Source: Asia plus