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The Agency, the Mass Media Fund, and new legislation



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Spotlight-on-Uzbekistan

The Agency, the Mass Media Fund, and new legislation 
An inspiring signal to the mass media happened in November 2018. Komil Allamjonov, a former 
press-secretary of President Mirziyoyev, was appointed to the position of chairman of the Agency of 
Information and Mass Communications (AIMC). Known as a liberal person he replaced a former pro-
Karimov chairman Laziz Tangriev. But what was a more important signal is that Saida Mirziyoyeva, a 
daughter of the President was appointed as his first deputy. In patriarchal Central Asian society, this 
step means a lot. Both Allamjonov and Mirziyoyeva proclaimed that they would protect the rights of 
journalists and bring attention to the rights of bloggers too.  
 
The new Agency started to develop legislation that would protect journalists and provide more 
rights to them. Corrections to the Law Codex offered by the Agency removed the risk of prison for 
defamation and slander. This is a big problem for modern journalism in Uzbekistan. While 
'traditional' ways of repressing the media are not accessible to elites and businessmen anymore, 
suing a journalist for defamation and slander is a new trend. It was the right decision to protect 
journalists from prison terms, but still it is a problem. Every court case costs an enormous amount of 
money for a media outlet even if they win due to legal costs and it could lead to bankruptcy if they 
lost. There have been no such cases of bankruptcy yet in the Mirziyoyev-era but the media society 
has a fear of this. Lawyers usually do not work pro-bono and fines for defamation and slander are 
still high. In the environment of the 'sick' judiciary system in Uzbekistan which is still highly 
corrupted, this is a dangerous trend that potentially could hurt freedom of speech. 
 
In February 2020 both Allamjonov and Mirziyoyeva decided to quit the Agency. Citing that they 
aimed to concentrate on non-profit work which would allow them more opportunities. A new Public 
Fund for the Support and Development of National Mass Media was created and popular Uzbek 
blogger Khushnudbek Khudayberdiev was appointed as chairman. Allamjonov and Mirziyoeva joined 
the Board of Trustees that oversees the strategic direction of the fund. The new fund should 
accumulate donor funds (including the state budget) to support projects in education, news content 
and should continue work to simplify and improve media legislation. A group of popular bloggers 
                                                           
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 RSF, Uzbekistan unblocks many independent news sites, May 2019, https://rsf.org/en/news/uzbekistan-unblocks-many-independent-
news-sites  


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and journalists has entered the Public Council of the fund to control its day to day activities with Lola 
Islamova (Anhor.uz) appointed as chairman.
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