E/CN.4/2003/68/Add.2 page 26 Appendix I EXCERPTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN TO THE COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE (S/2002/974, annex, pp. 13-15) “Article 156 of the Criminal Code, entitled ‘Instigation of national racial or religious hatred’, refers to deliberate actions which are offensive to national honour and dignity and insulting to the feelings of citizens because of their religious or atheistic convictions, carried out with the aim of eliciting hatred, intolerance or discord towards groups of the population on national, racial, ethnic or religious grounds, as well as the direct or indirect restriction of rights, or the establishment of direct or indirect privileges on the basis of national, racial or ethnic affiliation or attitude to religion. “This offence poses a direct threat to the social relationships underpinning national, racial and religious equality.” “Article 159 of the Criminal Code, entitled ‘Attacks against the constitutional order of the Republic of Uzbekistan’, refers to public calls for unconstitutional change of the existing State structure, for the seizure of power or removal from power of legally elected or designated authorities or for the unconstitutional violation of the unity of the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as the dissemination of materials having such a content. “Such attacks on the constitutional structure pose a threat to the social relationships underpinning the security of State power.” “Article 244 of the Criminal Code, entitled ‘Mass disturbances’ refers to the organization of mass disturbances accompanied by violence directed at persons, rioting, arson, damage to or destruction of property, the use or threat of use of weapons or other objects used as weapons to resist a representative of authority or any active participation in mass disturbances. “Mass disturbances pose a threat to the social relationships underpinning public security. “… “Article 244-1 of the Criminal Code, entitled ‘Preparation or dissemination of materials constituting a threat to public safety and public order’, refers to the preparation or dissemination of materials expressing the ideology of religious extremism, separatism or fundamentalism, incitement to riot or the forced eviction of citizens or materials intended to cause public panic, after an official warning. “Article 244-2 of the Criminal Code, entitled ‘Establishing, leading or participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations’, refers to the offence of establishing, leading or participating in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other prohibited organizations.”