24. Alisher Taksanov, ‘‘Between Scylla and Charybdis: Uzbek Press in Recent Years,’’ in 21st
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(Vienna: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2005), 45–86, http://www.osce
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25. The new Mass Media Law entered into force on January 15, 2007.
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?p=buz&s=b&o=328926&apc_state=henh.
27. ccTLD.uz, Administration of the ‘‘UZ’’ Domain, ‘‘UzNet Websites Will not need a Total Registration’’ [Totalnaya Registratsiya sitam UzNet ne grozit], January 18, 2007, http://www.cctld.uz/
news/?detail=92.
28. Paragraph 1, Regulation No. 52, On the Establishment of the National Network of Information Transmission and Streamlining the Access to the World Information Networks, adopted on
February 5, 1999.
29. David Stubbs, ‘‘American Aid Could Worsen Internet Restrictions in Uzbekistan,’’ EurasiaNet,
March 30, 2002, http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/rights/articles/eav033002.shtml.
30. Internews Russia, ‘‘EIM Media Report from the CIS,’’ July 2002.
31. Paragraph 1, Regulation No. 352, On the Decentralization of Access to the World Computer
Networks, adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on October 10, 2002.
32. Forty satellites are accessible in Uzbekistan, while about 15 of them cover the country.
The majority of them belong to INTELSAT, INMARSAT, CCCASIASAT, TURKSAT, and the Russian
Federation.
33. UzCIA was established under Regulation No. 215, On the Measures of Improving the Activity
of the Uzbek Agency for Communications and Information of 2004.
34. RESEA Republic of Uzbekistan Portal of the State Authority, Communication and Information
Agency of Uzbekistan, http://www.gov.uz/en/section.scm?sectionId=2762.
35. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Legal Transition Program: Comparative
Assessment of the Telecommunications Sector in the Transition Countries: Assessment Report Uzbekistan,
December 2008, http://ebrd.com/country/sector/law/telecoms/assess/uzbek.pdf.
36. Order No. 285, approved by the Head of the Uzbek Agency for Communications and Information on August 25, 2004.
37. Provision 12, Paragraph 2, Order No. 216, approved by the Head of the Uzbek Agency for
Communications and Information on July 23, 2004.
38. Regulation No. 221, adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on October 6, 2005.
39. Paragraph 1, Regulation No. 555, On the Measures of Improving the Organizational Structures
in the Sphere of Mass Telecommunications, adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on
November 24, 2004.
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Century Challenges for the Media in Central Asia: Dealing with Libel and Freedom of Information,
(Vienna: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 2005), 45–86, http://www.osce
.org/publications/rfm/2005/07/15670_430_en.pdf.
25. The new Mass Media Law entered into force on January 15, 2007.
26. Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Internet Hit by Media Law Change, http://www.iwpr.net/
?p=buz&s=b&o=328926&apc_state=henh.
27. ccTLD.uz, Administration of the ‘‘UZ’’ Domain, ‘‘UzNet Websites Will not need a Total Registration’’ [Totalnaya Registratsiya sitam UzNet ne grozit], January 18, 2007, http://www.cctld.uz/
news/?detail=92.
28. Paragraph 1, Regulation No. 52, On the Establishment of the National Network of Information Transmission and Streamlining the Access to the World Information Networks, adopted on
February 5, 1999.
29. David Stubbs, ‘‘American Aid Could Worsen Internet Restrictions in Uzbekistan,’’ EurasiaNet,
March 30, 2002, http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/rights/articles/eav033002.shtml.
30. Internews Russia, ‘‘EIM Media Report from the CIS,’’ July 2002.
31. Paragraph 1, Regulation No. 352, On the Decentralization of Access to the World Computer
Networks, adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on October 10, 2002.
32. Forty satellites are accessible in Uzbekistan, while about 15 of them cover the country.
The majority of them belong to INTELSAT, INMARSAT, CCCASIASAT, TURKSAT, and the Russian
Federation.
33. UzCIA was established under Regulation No. 215, On the Measures of Improving the Activity
of the Uzbek Agency for Communications and Information of 2004.
34. RESEA Republic of Uzbekistan Portal of the State Authority, Communication and Information
Agency of Uzbekistan, http://www.gov.uz/en/section.scm?sectionId=2762.
35. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Legal Transition Program: Comparative
Assessment of the Telecommunications Sector in the Transition Countries: Assessment Report Uzbekistan,
December 2008, http://ebrd.com/country/sector/law/telecoms/assess/uzbek.pdf.
36. Order No. 285, approved by the Head of the Uzbek Agency for Communications and Information on August 25, 2004.
37. Provision 12, Paragraph 2, Order No. 216, approved by the Head of the Uzbek Agency for
Communications and Information on July 23, 2004.
38. Regulation No. 221, adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on October 6, 2005.
39. Paragraph 1, Regulation No. 555, On the Measures of Improving the Organizational Structures
in the Sphere of Mass Telecommunications, adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on
November 24, 2004.
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