A new Uzbek law imposes prison terms of three to eight years for unlawfully detaining or investigating individuals protected by immunity, covering parliamentarians, judges, lawyers and senior presidential officials, while barring inadmissible evidence and requiring presidential consent for prosecutions.
President Mirziyoyev has created an Investors’ Council for the fuel and energy sector, chaired by Presidential Administration head Saida Mirziyoyeva, citing bureaucracy and corruption as the forces compelling the decision.
