It's a crime you've committed in Australia's good name
Dear Prime Minister,
Today, 30/8/2017, Mostafa Azimitabar and Farhad Bandesh have released a song and video, written and filmed at Manus Island Detention Centre, where they have been imprisoned by Australia for more than four years. The video was premiered at the Queensland Poetry Festival.
“It’s Moz from Manus Island detention center.
The reason that I’ve created the song is to bring attention to our plight. We have been left in a political limbo four for years now. The conditions are hellish and how they treat us is deplorable. I hope that people who are listening to my song will understand our desperation,frustration,and fear.
The song was shown at Queensland Poetry Festival By Writing Through Fences (Janet Galbraith, Jenell Quinsee) on Sunday at 11:30 am. 27/Aug/2017”
In the song, Moz sings:
'Help us keep our sanity
Remember our humanity
I am, you are
We are all the same.'
Give amnesty to all detainees on Manus Island and Nauru and bring them to safety and freedom now.