Salimjon Aioubov

Tajik Nurse Kidnapped In Yemen 'Prayed To Die At Home'

A Tajik nurse is captured, tortured, and held for ransom in Yemen -- and lives to tell about it.

Small Exclave Spells Big Problems For Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

A clash between Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards around the village of Vorukh is again focusing attention on the problem of cross-border exclaves in Central Asia. What's behind the tensions?

Tajik Presidential Hopefuls Struggle Without Support Of Migrant Workers

As election day in Tajikistan approaches, the exclusion by authorities of huge numbers of potential voters complicates an already significant hurdle for presidential challengers.

Video Footage Shows Alleged Ill-Treatment Of Tajik Inmates

Videos have emerged in Tajikistan that appear to provide evidence of prisoner abuse. Footage obtained by RFE/RL features several inmates exhibiting apparent bruises and other traces of beatings they claim they received from law-enforcement officers.

Surrendered Tajik Opposition Commander: 'We Don't Want To Fight. We Want Peace.'

Shortly before surrendering on August 12 to authorities in eastern Tajikistan, Tolib Ayombekov -- a former opposition commander from the Tajik Civil War linked to the recent killing of a high-ranking security chief -- gave an exclusive interview to RFE/RL's Tajik Service.

Is Media Freedom in Tajikistan Real, Or Just Relative?

Reporters Without Borders recently ranked Tajikistan in its 2008 Press Freedom Index as having the highest level of media freedom among the five Central Asian states. But Salimjon Aioubov of RFE/RL's Tajik Service argues that this is more indicative of less freedom in the region than improvement in Tajikistan.

Tajikistan: Rebellion Prompts Re-examination Of Peace Process

Tajikistan: President Glorifies Alexander The Great

Central Asia: Assassination Affects Politics - An Analysis

Central Asia: Islam Ponders -- To Beard Or Not To Beard

Central Asia: Islam Ponders -- To Beard Or Not To Beard

Tajikistan: Opposition Questions Peace Process

Iran: OIC Summit Opens in Teheran

Tajikistan: Many Obstacles Still Obstruct Peace

Tajikistan: Email And Internet Make Headway

Tajikistan: A New Vigor Is Born Of Despair

Tajikistan: Stability Threatened Despite Peace Accord

Tajikistan: Peace Accord To Be Signed June 27

Central Asia: A Looming Ecological Apocalypse

Tajikistan: Journalists Live In Danger And Fear