Uzbekistan toughens punishment for abetting people to suicide

The law was passed by the Legislative Chamber on 25 May 2017 and approved by the Senate on 27 May 2017.

The law amends the Criminal Code. Amendments tightened punishment for abbeting to suicide and imposed sanctions for inciting to suicide.

According to the amendments, abetting to suicide or attempting to commit suicide by threats, cruel treatment or systematic humiliation of the person’s honor and dignity is punishable by imprisonment from 3 to 7 years.

The same actions committed against a person who was in material or other dependence on the perpetrator; in respect of a minor or a woman known to the perpetrator to be in a state of pregnancy; by prior agreement, a group of persons; with the use of telecommunications networks, as well as the Internet, punishable by imprisonment from 7 to 10 years.

The document noted that incitement to suicide, that is, the initiation by another person of the determination to commit suicide by persuasion, deceit or by means of a way, if a person has committed suicide or attempted to commit him, is punishable by restriction of freedom from two to five years or imprisonment up to five years.

The same actions committed against a minor or a woman, known to the perpetrator in a state of pregnancy; by prior agreement, a group of persons; with the use of telecommunications networks, as well as the Internet is punishable by imprisonment from five to seven years.