Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a law revising liability for extremism, Gazeta.uz reports.
Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a law revising liability for extremism, Gazeta.uz reports.
A first offence will now draw administrative, not criminal, liability. The law replaces the term 'religious extremism' with 'extremism' and creates a register of extremist organisations and materials.
Why it matters: first-time offenders face a penalty without a criminal record, while the state gets a formal list to work from. For a country balancing security with religious life, the wording change is the point: extremism is defined by the act, not by the faith attached to it.
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