The authorities of Australia have brought 14 new charges against Tajik biochemist and social media activist Abdusalam Odinazoda. Photo: Internet On October 21, the West Australian agency reported that Abdusalam Odinazoda has been charged with 14 new counts of terrorism-related offenses. However, the specific nature of these charges has not been disclosed. The reactions of […]
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The authorities of Australia have brought 14 new charges against Tajik biochemist and social media activist Abdusalam Odinazoda.
Photo: Internet
On October 21, the West Australian agency reported that Abdusalam Odinazoda has been charged with 14 new counts of terrorism-related offenses. However, the specific nature of these charges has not been disclosed. The reactions of the scientist and his lawyer to the charges are not yet available to the media.
Abdusalam Odinazoda was arrested on December 23 of last year after several months of investigation conducted by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
In December 2020, Australian media reported that a court charged Odinazoda with four counts under the criminal code for “promoting terrorism.”
The Australian police claim that his social media posts contain calls for extremist actions and terrorist acts outside of Australia.
Members of the joint counter-terrorism task force began investigating Odinazoda in February after discovering an account on an online video platform that published content calling for politically motivated acts of violence abroad.
From November 2019 to February 2020, Australian law enforcement analyzed video messages from Odinazoda that he posted on his Facebook page.
In April 2020, a search was conducted at his home, and several electronic devices were seized.
Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police Scott Lee stated that investigators spent “hundreds of hours” collecting and examining evidence for the arrest.
Abdusalam Odinazoda was active on Facebook, where he regularly criticized the actions of the government and the opposition. Recently, he had heated arguments with followers of Ismailism.
Abdusalam Odinazoda was a successful doctor of chemical and biological sciences. He is a native of the Surkh village in the Isfara district of the Sughd region, having published a large number of studies. He also taught students at the Tajik Medical University in 2015.
According to him, he has lived and worked in other countries since the age of 16 and has never held Tajik citizenship.
Photo: Internet