Relatives of Odinaev are concerned about his health

Former Deputy Chairman of the Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan Mahmurod Odinaev has been sentenced to a long prison term.

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Two children of Mahmurod Odinaev, who met with their father in the medical unit of the Vahdat colony, reported that their father has health problems and that he has been hospitalized three times since his imprisonment.

Mahmurod’s son Habibullo Rizoev expressed concern about his father’s health in a conversation with Radio Ozodi on March 18, stating that his father arrived for the meeting on crutches and, moreover, was assisted by two people to move around.

It is reported that this was the first meeting of Mahmurod Odinaev with close relatives in one year and three months.

Former Deputy Chairman of the Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan Mahmurod Odinaev was sentenced to 14 years in prison in January 2021 under Article 237 (hooliganism) and Article 307.1 (public calls for extremism) of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan.