The article “Torture as a crime against humanity. The new Resolution of the President of Uzbekistan is aimed at improving the system of preventive mechanisms to prevent the use of torture” by Akmal Saidov, the First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, Deputy Chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan was published in the issue of the parliamentary newspaper “Pravda Vostoka” for July 7, 2021.

The famous French writer and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate Albert Camu, who was called " Western Conscience" during his lifetime, said: “Free press is divided into good or bad. Press without freedom is bad".

The Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan and the World Bank jointly organized an International Forum involving dozens of local and international experts in education. The event participants considered the experience of European and Asian states in boosting their economies through investments in education, and critically analyzed reforms in Uzbekistan to develop modern skills and knowledge of the youth that will improve the country’s competitiveness.

Some 44,440 people were vaccinated against the coronavirus in Uzbekistan on June 9. Of these, 19,971 received the first dose of the vaccine, 17,658 received the second, and 6,811 received the third.

The European Union has granted 142 trillion Uzbek soums (EUR 11 million) to the Uzbek government’s budget on 28 May 2021 for the support of the strategic reforms benefiting the agri-food sector and rural livelihoods in Uzbekistan, the Delegation of the European Union to Uzbekistan said on June 7.

271 women have a doctorate in science (DSc) and 1,411 women have a doctorate in philosophy (PhD).