Tashkent, Jan. 16 -- Information and Mass Communications Agency under the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan has published a draft law for discussion that provides for the exclusion from the Criminal code of the norm related to imprisonment for libel and insult, the official website reports.

"In accordance with the draft, from the sanction of part 2 of article 139 of the criminal code ("Libel"), it is proposed to exclude punishment in the form of restriction of freedom up to 1 year or imprisonment up to 1 year, leaving the punishment in the form of a fine from 200 to 400 basic calculation values or mandatory public works from 300 to 360 hours, " the message reads.

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