Ranked 115th in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
1 February 2014
Widespread crackdown on freedom of expression in lead-up to national elections
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014
Ranked 172nd in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
Authorities cut off public access to information and communication networks during and after fighting in autonomous Gorno-Badakhshan province
Freedom House
16 January 2013
Defamation continues to be prosecuted as a criminal offence
Committee to Protect Journalists
21 February 2012
Authorities use the "specter of civil war and radical Islamism" to gag journalists
Reporters Without Borders
26 January 2012
BBC journalists claim torture in pre-trial detention
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2012