Read to reduce sentence, Uzbekistan tells prisoners ...Middle East

Lawmakers in the Central Asian former Soviet republic passed a penal code amendment on Thursday introducing the scheme for around 13,500 inmates, all except for those sentenced to life imprisonment.

“For each book read, the sentence can be reduced by three days, but not more than 30 days per year,“ it added.

The list of authorised books has not been made public.

But political opposition and civil society remain virtually nonexistent, while the press and economy are still largely controlled by the state.

But in its 2025 report, Human Rights Watch said that “torture and ill-treatment remain a serious problem”, and the United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Uzbekistan to “eradicate” such practices.

Amnesty International has said it is alarmed that the Uzbek authorities have “continued to tighten their control over the right to freedom of expression” - AFP

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