Regular meeting was held online
The regular meeting of the Public Council under the Public Foundation for the Support and Development of National Mass Media was held online.
The official Telegram channel “Koronavirus Info” launched.
For reliable and prompt informing of the population of Uzbekistan about the events associated with the spread of coronavirus, the official Koronavirus info channel (@koronavirusinfouz) was created.
Dear journalists and bloggers!
As you already know, a case of coronavirus infection has been identified in Uzbekistan. Today at a press briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers it was announced that a number of measures had been taken in the country to counter the spread of infection.
The second Central Asia Judicial Dialogue March 5-6, 2020, Samarkand.
“The second Central Asia Judicial Dialogue”, organized in cooperation with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir, the Agency for Information and Mass Communications and the Public Foundation for the Support and Development of National Mass Media.
Concerning the mitigation of criminal penalties for defamation and insult
According to the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, No. PP-4551 dated December 13 2019, the Agency for Information and Mass Communications developed and published for public discussion proposals on the abolition of criminal penalties for defamation and insult related to imprisonment.
New draft law discussed with international and local experts
By the initiative of the Information and Mass Communications Agency, a round table was held to discuss the draft law on amendments to the law on the media.
Saida Mirziyoyeva took part in the Global Women's Forum
On February 16-17 this year, the Global Women's Forum was held in Dubai, which was attended by 3,000 participants from 87 countries. The event was chaired by the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The boarding school in the capital was granted books in English
As part of the “Ko‘ngil ko‘zi” (Eye of the Soul) project, which has been ongoing since March 2019, textbooks and fiction novels written in English Braille were acquired from London and given to Tashkent Boarding School №77 for Blind Children.
The first meeting of the Public Council was held
Initially, the chairman, deputy chairman and secretary of the Public Council were elected. Through open voting, the editor-in-chief of the “Ankhor” website, Lola Islamova, was elected as chairman of the Public Council, blogger Kobil Khidirov was elected her deputy, and blogger Laziz Khamidov became secretary of the council.
Meeting with Ambassador of Switzerland
On February 12, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation Komil Allamjonov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Uzbekistan H.E. Mr. Olivier Chave.