{"id":12508,"date":"2021-01-25T03:56:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T03:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jan\/25\/i-never-felt-alone-refugee-mostafa-azimitabar-on-justice-jimmy-barnes-and-freedom-after-eight-years"},"modified":"2021-01-25T03:56:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T03:56:42","slug":"i-never-felt-alone-refugee-mostafa-azimitabar-on-justice-jimmy-barnes-and-freedom-after-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/25\/i-never-felt-alone-refugee-mostafa-azimitabar-on-justice-jimmy-barnes-and-freedom-after-eight-years\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I never felt alone\u2019: refugee Mostafa Azimitabar on justice, Jimmy Barnes and freedom after eight years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kurdish refugee \u2013 widely known as Moz Azimi \u2013 is adjusting to liberty after 2,737 days in detention, starting with \u2018the most Aussie experience I could ever imagine\u2019<\/p>

On his second day of freedom in Australia, at the start of the Australia Day weekend, Mostafa Azimitabar went to a Jimmy Barnes concert, which he called \u201cthe most Aussie experience I could ever imagine\u201d.<\/p>

A member of Iran\u2019s Kurdish minority who fled racist repression in his homeland to seek sanctuary in a safe country, Azimitabar spent 2,737 days detained by Australia.<\/p>

Related: <\/span>Peter Dutton says refugees released from Melbourne hotel detention to save money<\/a> <\/p>

This is the most beautiful moment of my life and one that I would like to share with you all. After 2,737 days locked up in detention \u2013 I am free.
Thank you to all of the amazing people who helped me to stay strong.#GameOver<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Y5HjFrN9U0<\/a><\/p>

48 hours after eight years in detention, I am here in the Yarra Valley, at a Jimmy Barnes concert. The most Aussie experience I could ever imagine. I am so deeply grateful to Jimmy and the Barnes family for the invitation.
#GameOver<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/PqNmevcGSy<\/a><\/p>

I believe the power of the people can crumble the walls of oppression and my freedom is proof.<\/p>

Related: <\/span>Fazel Chegeni wanted 'nothing but peace'. Instead he died alone in Australia's island prison<\/a> <\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kurdish refugee \u2013 widely known as Moz Azimi \u2013 is adjusting to liberty after 2,737 days in detention, starting with \u2018the most Aussie experience I could ever imagine\u2019On his second day of freedom in Australia, at the start of the Australia Day weekend…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1340,1729,1728,6,25,3107,2843,242,3108,238],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12508"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13592,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12508\/revisions\/13592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}