Current Version
| Region | Uzbekistan |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT Issues |
| Status | State-enforced |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | banned not allowed |
| Sources | no sources |
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Revision History (3)
edited by Pizzaslices412653. No records
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | Imprisonment as punishment | State-enforced |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | No censorship | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Description | In Uzbekistan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. | banned not allowed |
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| Sources | no sources | |
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | No censorship |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | In Uzbekistan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. |
| Sources | (empty) |
Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "In 2021, an activist blogger who called for homosexuality to be decriminalized was sentenced to three years in jail for “libel and public insult”.
https://eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-sentences-blogging-lgbt-supporter-to-three-years"
- Other "A foreign country's embassy in 2021 suggested that Uzbekistan be more open to the LGBTQA+ community, and the people started rioting. The violence against LGBTQA+ folks, feminine men, people with coloured hair, etc, spiked. So there is censorship about LGBTQA+ community.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/apr/02/new-laws-fuelling-increasing-hostility-and-anti-lgbtq-violence-in-uzbekistan"