Farzan Athari has been sentenced to a decade in jail in Dubai. Please read below for Farzan's full story and sign this petition to show your support for justice.



My name is Farzan Athari and I am a 29-year-old Swedish-Iranian. I am writing this from Dubai Central Jail. After 8 months, they finally gave me my sentence; they gave me LIFE in Jail. I later learned that I almost got the death penalty, but because the decision was not unanimous I was given the more ‘lenient’ sentence. I can’t even describe the feeling of getting told, over the phone, that I’m going to spend the rest of my life in jail. I’m still hoping to wake up from this nightmare…



At present I have finally finished my Appeal and Supreme Court process and my sentence has been reduced to 10 years.



Most of what has been out in the media up until this point is NOT TRUE. I was arrested outside my...

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Mitt namn är Farzan Athari och jag är en 29-årig Svensk-Iranier. Jag skriver detta brev från Dubai Central Jail. Efter att ha spenderat de senaste åtta månaderna av mitt liv bakom galler, gav de mig domen: De gav mig LIVSTIDS fängelse. Jag fick senare kännedom om att två av tre domare hade dömt mig till döden, men tack vare deras oenighet fick jag en mer ”lindrig” dom. Jag har svårt att finna ord som kan beskriva känslan av att via telefon få beskedet att jag ska spendera resten av mitt liv i fängelse. Varje natt somnar jag med hoppet om att vakna upp ur denna mardröm.

Merparten av det som hittills skrivits i media är INTE SANT. Jag greps utanför mitt...

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من فرزان اطهری، جوان 29 ساله ی ایرانی– سوئدی هستم و این نامه را در حالی می نویسم که مدت 9 ماه است در زندان مرکزی دبی به سر می برم. بعد از 8 ماه حکم من صادر شد؛ حبس ابد. مدتی بعد از دریافت حکم دادگاه، اطلاع یافتم که من تا مرز اعدام هم رفته بودم، اما چون قضات پرونده در مورد حکم اعدام به اجماع و اتفاق نظر نرسیده اند، با یک درجه تخفیف حکم حبس ابد صادر کرده اند. نمی توانم برایتان توصیف کنم که چه احساسی داشتم زمانی که به وسیله ی تلفن به من اطلاع داده شد که باید باقی مانده ی زندگی ام را در زندان بگذرانم.

لطفا این لینک را کلیک کنید که نامه فرزان را به فارسی بخوانید

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You can support Farzan Athari by signing this online petition. Please share this link to make our voice heard.

By showing support we propose the following:

-We would like to as his Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for his forgiveness and pardon.

-We urge the foreign Ministry and Justice Department in Sweden and the Swedish embassy in the UAE to take immediate action and bring Farzan Athari back to Sweden.

If you have any advice, idea or useful media connection and want to help, please feel free to contact us at management@farzanathari.com

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