In Khorog, the house of convicted Tolib Aymbekov is being demolished

The authorities are demolishing a house belonging to one of the informal leaders in GBAO, Tolib Aymbekov. This was reported by the publication Pamir Inside, which mainly covers news in GBAO, citing its sources in the city of Khorog.

It is reported that the house, which has a large territory, is located in the Shoshkhorog microdistrict, near the “Marco Polo” restaurant. The house was confiscated and nationalized by the authorities after Tolib Aymbekov was sentenced to life imprisonment. Additionally, the building and territory of the Bread Factory and the “Alyosh” restaurant were also confiscated from him.

Tolib Aymbekov was detained amid a harsh crackdown on mass protests in Khorog and the Rushan district under the pretext of fighting organized crime groups. At that time, dozens of activists, human rights defenders, journalists, and other prominent residents of GBAO were also detained.

A few days after Tolib Aymbekov’s arrest, his microdistrict named after Abdulamon Aymbekov (Alyosh) was renamed after the poet Shirin Bunyod.

In addition to Tolib himself, several relatives and close associates of the informal leader of GBAO were also detained. His brothers Okil and Anoyatsho Aymbekov were sentenced to 30 years in prison, while his nephew Mamadamon Aymbekov was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Tolib Aymbekov’s sons were also sentenced to long prison terms. In 2019, Mamadali Aymbekov was arrested and sentenced to 22 years in prison, 33-year-old Gulomali Abdurakhmonov was sentenced to life imprisonment, and 25-year-old Khasanali Abdurakhmonov was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The last to be arrested from this family was Rashid Aymbekov, another brother of Tolib Aymbekov. He was the last of Tolib’s brothers to remain free. The authorities have not yet commented on his detention.

Relatives of the convicted consider the detention and harsh sentences against the Aymbekov family members to be politically motivated and link it to the ongoing repression by Tajik authorities against the residents of Badakhshan.