Media: In Tashkent, a student was threatened with arrest for refusing to install the Safe Student application.
In Uzbekistan, students at a number of metropolitan universities in Tashkent reported being forced to install the app "Tilmid Behov" (Safe Student). In one case, a student was threatened with arrest, the media reported.
The incident, according to journalists, took place on November 3 at the International University of Turkish States in the Okhtepe region. During the lessons, the employees of the district interior department led by the deputy head of the interior administration entered the classroom. They checked the students' phones and required them to install an app.
One of the students asked how safe it is to transfer personal data through the program, and explained that he cannot download it to an iPhone, since the application is distributed in apk format for Android. According to the applicant, in response the employee tried to twist his arm, take the phone from him and threatened to arrest him for 15 days.
Meanwhile, they write on social networks that at the Uzbek State University of World Languages and other universities, students who have not installed the Safe Student application are not allowed to attend classes.
According to the students, on November 3 they were detained at the entrance to the university and were forced to install the application. Because of this, students who were late to class were suspended. During classes, deans, their deputies and the guidance counselors forced those who did not download the program to get up and scolded the students for refusing to install.
Students at the University of Economics and Global Diplomacy reported that they had to install an apk app for several weeks. At Tashkent State University of Law, students were also required to install the Safe Student application.
The media also report that, against the background of the scandal with the installation of the "Hapsis Talaba" at the Uzbek State University of World Languages, the Dean of the Faculty of Translation, Ologbek Yoldashev, was dismissed from his position.