1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,160 I'm gonna tell you some story. 4 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,700 When I was on Manus Island, the people 5 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,880 call me 'Lion' Farhad. 6 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,220 And I don't know why they call me 7 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:20,640 maybe I was tough and really strong. 8 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,080 from Jakarta to Christmas Island 9 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,180 We were like 65 people 10 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,340 with families, some kids. 11 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,740 Everyone is sleeping, someone vomiting 12 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,940 in the edge of the 13 00:01:36,039 --> 00:01:38,039 fisher boat. 14 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,240 Big wave came 15 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,039 half of my body was under the ocean. 16 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,940 I could see there is a rope. 17 00:01:48,039 --> 00:01:49,660 And I hold it. 18 00:01:49,759 --> 00:01:51,759 I grabbed it and no one knew. 19 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,920 I survived from that time 20 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,800 and I came back, said wow 21 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,040 So I will be alive. 22 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,540 There was something inside 23 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:12,840 and I believe that one day I will be free. 24 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,420 I didn't know they're gonna exile us 25 00:02:17,519 --> 00:02:20,280 to Manus and Nauru for six years. 26 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,480 I was there for six years. 27 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,100 And then they transferred me 28 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,200 to Australia for medical help. 29 00:02:30,519 --> 00:02:34,040 Still I am suffering from the pain and what happened to me 30 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,040 but I am a still strong, I am still the lion. 31 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,920 My life was the size of a room 32 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,280 for years and years. 33 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,420 I think it was a miracle 34 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,520 that I survived. 35 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,140 All those years that I was in detention 36 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,480 was like a nightmare. 37 00:03:02,079 --> 00:03:04,200 Torture after torture. 38 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,540 I didn't want to get angry. 39 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:12,240 I wanted to be kind to myself. 40 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:16,640 I decided to keep my smile. 41 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,120 And I wanted to be a person 42 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,480 for people who don't have voice. 43 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,560 I learned to be patient. 44 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,140 I learned to become friends with music, 45 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,240 with painting. 46 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,620 When I got my freedom 47 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,240 I felt I have a new sense. 48 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,220 I felt that I have a pair of wings 49 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,320 and I'm gonna fly. 50 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,380 We will decide 51 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,220 who comes to this country and the circumstances 52 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,320 in which they come. 53 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,700 After rescuing more than 400 muslim asylum seekers, 54 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:41,380 no one could have predicted the 55 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,480 dramatic sea change ahead. 56 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,580 From now on, any asylum seeker who arrives in 57 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,620 Australia by boat will have no chance of being settled in 58 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,580 Australia as refugees. 59 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:01,860 The boats, the boats 60 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,800 will be stopped. 61 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,700 You have been brought to this place here because you 62 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,200 have sought to illegally enter Australia, by boat. 63 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,300 Persons transferred to regional processing centers 64 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,620 will not be settled in this country and the 65 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,140 position of this government will not change. 66 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,080 Are you saying that unaccompanied minors would be better off 67 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,400 in detention? 68 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,940 The Australian government forbids journalists 69 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,080 from filming or interviewing detainees at its camps. 70 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,740 This policy has been incredibly dehumanising. 71 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:42,020 It's like this is a horrible human 72 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,159 experiment that has no end. 73 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,460 The Guardian newspaper has been leaked more than 2,000 74 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,820 incident reports from Australia's Nauru detention camp. 75 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,300 The sexual assault of young children, the physical assault 76 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,420 of young children, the deleterious impact 77 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,220 of detention on children, 78 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,740 suicide attempts by children, self-harm attempts 79 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:03,840 and we've seen that continue. 80 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:45,060 We have been denied 81 00:06:45,159 --> 00:06:47,940 our basic needs, water and food and electricity. 82 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,080 That does not mean that we are going to surrender. 83 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,659 We have been in this place for four and a half years 84 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,280 and we have not committed in any crime. 85 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,460 We are asking the international community 86 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,540 to rescue us from this disaster. 87 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:04,900 We have been struggling with 88 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:05,940 starvation. 89 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,140 I would like to say 90 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,780 and send this clear message to the government. 91 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,260 We only want freedom in 92 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,120 a safe country and it is a clear message. 93 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:18,020 What do we want?! 94 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:18,940 Freedom! 95 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,220 Nobody should ever doubt the resolve of 96 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,640 this government to keep our borders secure. 97 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,660 They won't be 98 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,500 you know, numerate or literate 99 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,840 in their own language, let alone English. 100 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,580 Until now there has been a long lengthy delay, 101 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,980 there has been almost obsessive legal intervention 102 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,580 to try and stop people who are ill from 103 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,380 being transferred over to Australia 104 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,480 for the care that they need. 105 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:54,580 This is going to be able 106 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,780 to get spivs and rapists 107 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,100 and murderers onto our shores. 108 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,980 The bill says serious crimes 109 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:03,700 would preclude that, that's wrong what you said, 110 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:04,500 you admit that? 111 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,340 What Labor says and what Labor... 112 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,900 What the bill says. I'm sorry, you've got to be factual 113 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,220 when you make the case. 114 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,700 I will do everything in my power to 115 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,860 ensure that these suggested changes that 116 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,700 would undermine our border protection laws never see 117 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:19,860 the light of day. 118 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:21,940 You're suggesting that they're almost, all of them are ill. 119 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,900 The bottom line is Barry, we're not prepared to weaken 120 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,140 border protection like Labor is 121 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,620 That's not the point, can you explain to me 122 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,500 how it is, that it's got to the point where almost all of 123 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,420 them are ill? 124 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,980 The point is Barry, we've stopped the boats. 125 00:08:34,079 --> 00:08:35,980 Because of temporary protection visas 126 00:08:36,079 --> 00:08:37,040 That's not an answer to that question 127 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:38,940 because of... offshore... 128 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,040 because of boat turn backs... 129 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:12,880 Hello Craig, I'm walking in the corridor 130 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,060 in the Park prison. 131 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,960 It's a very proud moment of my life 132 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,100 today, I'm gonna share with you. 133 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,940 I'm gonna be free very soon 134 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,040 I'm very excited and I just 135 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:31,600 wanted to tell you that, thank you very much for 136 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,580 all your amazing support 137 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:37,560 and thanks, all of you people. 138 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,500 I cannot believe it 139 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:48,740 I cannot.. yeah 140 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,400 this morning I call you, I'm going to be free. 141 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,280 Finally. 142 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,180 My name is Farhad Bandesh 143 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,420 I'm a Kurdish refugee. 144 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,900 Seven and half years of my life 145 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,940 I lost it for no reason. 146 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,320 Fortunately with lots of 147 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,980 support from Australian people, 148 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,240 I got my freedom on my birthday. 149 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,120 My name is Mostafa Azimitabar. 150 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:46,000 I am 34 years old. I am a Kurdish refugee 151 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,440 I was imprisoned, 152 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,200 more than 2,700 days by the Australian government. 153 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,920 This is the second week in my life that 154 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,260 I feel freedom. 155 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,460 I haven't had freedom before in my life. 156 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:05,660 So happy to see you out and free 157 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,420 and with trees and grass and everything 158 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,020 and Farhad as well, 159 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,120 you look so well. 160 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,060 So that was the last song that you released. 161 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,160 What was the name of it? 162 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,140 How amazing... 163 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,180 I remember the first time I saw Moz was in 164 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,280 Foxtrot, but 165 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:46,900 we didn't know each other and I didn't 166 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,220 try to connect it to him. But 167 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,200 when I saw him playing guitar 168 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,140 and 169 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,700 thought wow, this guy is a musician. 170 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,040 We become friends in Oscar compound. 171 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,860 Yeah, I remember the first time when I met Farhad, 172 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,940 and he was drawing something and I really 173 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,140 liked his painting 174 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,240 and I started talking. 175 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:18,560 And we became friends. 176 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,840 I grew up in war. 177 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,240 Even the first day when I was born 178 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,080 the hail of bombs bombarded my city. 179 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,520 It was the melody of my childhood. 180 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,840 When I was child, we had really 181 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,900 bad time because 182 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,740 that time I was born in war 183 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,920 I grow up with the bombs, the sounds of the 184 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,500 screaming of the people. 185 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,300 We just run from the war. 186 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,400 We went to the mountains, we went to the forest. 187 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,200 We were in tents, 188 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,100 like thousand people 189 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,180 they left from the city to get safety. 190 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:12,140 We spend lots of time without water, without bread or food, 191 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,180 and I remember 192 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,580 when the wind trembled the 193 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:19,140 tree, oak tree, the sounds of dry oak 194 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,560 from last year, that was kind of music. 195 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,160 I saw the government 196 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,900 are using a crane for hanging 197 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,980 up people. 198 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,780 They were not moving 199 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,380 and I thought that they are dolls, 200 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,260 and I asked 201 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,960 the people who were around me and they said 202 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,260 that they are human beings and I said, 203 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,060 but they are not moving and they said, 204 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,160 because they are dead. 205 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,020 Everything is dead 206 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,220 the chickens, the birds, 207 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,420 the, my mother 208 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:45,380 and my father, with the birds, with the chicken, with 209 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,480 all of them dead. 210 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,860 My family and I 211 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,580 got traumatised because of the war. 212 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,860 I lost my brother, 213 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,380 he was killed when he was 15. 214 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:00,460 I still hear the 215 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,420 sound of crying of families 216 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,500 and people because of losing their 217 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,040 children and the members of their families. 218 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:18,040 I learnt to be friends with my pain. 219 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,760 They massacred us, 220 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:24,700 they tortured us, 221 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,820 they bombed at us. 222 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:30,080 They lined hundreds of Kurdish people in line 223 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,800 and they didn't care how old they were, 224 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,040 five years old boy, 10 years 225 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,460 women, children, one by one they 226 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,640 shoot and kill them 227 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:49,760 There is no rights for people 228 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,880 in the land that I grew up. 229 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,500 I really knew that if I wanted to go 230 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,600 to Australia by boat, 231 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:18,120 it's like 50% 232 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,420 I can be alive, 50% I can be 233 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,420 a dead person. 234 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,460 But still I felt I have chance 235 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,420 to be alive, because if I got deported 236 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:32,340 definitely I would be in prison 237 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:33,460 or killed 238 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,460 in my homeland. 239 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,560 I didn't know how to swim, 240 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,120 I just try to be alive. 241 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,420 I thought 27 years of torture was 242 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,420 finished and I was supposed to 243 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,760 start new life, 244 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,500 but the Australian government 245 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,120 started new life for me 246 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:03,179 and make the horrible situation worse 247 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,400 than the place that I grew up. 248 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,900 When they exiled me to Manus, the first day 249 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,160 I remembered, we were kept in one room. 250 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,480 120 people from different countries, 251 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,340 different culture. 252 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,440 Everything was dirty, 253 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,040 the spiders 254 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,420 painted the ceiling 255 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,340 with cobwebs. 256 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,440 120 people 257 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,320 close to each other 258 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,640 beside, shoulder by shoulder. 259 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,960 There was no space for breathing. 260 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,020 It was a narrow 261 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:55,200 way between the beds that the officers 262 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,900 were walking among us. 263 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,140 They called our numbers, KNS-88. 264 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,240 It was my number. 265 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:13,680 Many times, officers came to the rooms 266 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,480 They smashed everything, they step on our belongings, 267 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,560 they threw out everything 268 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,040 A couple of times, they found 269 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:29,000 phones, and then it would be very 270 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,580 difficult time for us that 271 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,020 they wanted to 272 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,740 bully us that this is a crime, you are not allowed 273 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:38,840 to have phones. 274 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:45,940 I had huge insomnia 275 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,700 when I was on Manus. 276 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:49,420 I couldn't sleep at all, 277 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,580 sometimes two hours a day, 278 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,240 sometimes three hours a day, 279 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,700 was my sleeping 280 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,920 and every day I had nightmares. 281 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:04,320 Nightmares were a part of detention. 282 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,940 We went to the mess to eat 283 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,220 lunch and dinner or breakfast. 284 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,440 500 people in small space 285 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,020 wanna eat something. 286 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:22,180 It's very hot, it's 45 degrees. 287 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,460 Why do we have to be in this line 288 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,460 for hours and hours? 289 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,900 The last 100 refugees who were 290 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,280 on the line couldn't get anything. 291 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:39,040 This situation made us so unwell. 292 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,360 I could hear the complaining of refugees every day. 293 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,720 Some of them have a stomachache, headaches, 294 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,900 kidney pain, lots of different pains 295 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,320 and the only solution for us was 296 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,160 drinking water and Panadol. 297 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,780 I went to 298 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,740 see a nurse 299 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:04,900 and 300 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,780 she told me that have you thought about 301 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,880 going back to your country? 302 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,080 And I said that I have a stomach ache. 303 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,400 I need you to help me. 304 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:21,100 And she said that, I prescribe Panadol. 305 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,300 Whenever I heard about Panadol, 306 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,620 I thought that they are just 307 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,720 making fun of us. 308 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:29,900 They wanted 309 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,480 to continue this torture in order to 310 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,200 target our resistance 311 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:42,200 and we give up and we get back to our countries. 312 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,280 The sadness will remain 313 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,020 in Australia, 314 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:51,340 they cannot 315 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:52,620 clear 316 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:53,620 this sadness, 317 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,680 it is a part of this society now. 318 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,700 The most difficult part in detention was 319 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,360 the time that the government left us alone 320 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,740 behind the fences 321 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:21,840 without any 322 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,600 food, water, security, power, nothing. 323 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,300 A couple of hours ago, PNG police with 324 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,940 (inaudible) officers came inside the compound and threw out 325 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,040 our remaining water. 326 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,520 PNG immigration and PNG police, 327 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,140 and the Navy, they demolished everything. 328 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,580 They are hitting us, they beat us, 329 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,260 so now they want to kill us, 330 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:56,000 we don't know what to do, we need help. 331 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,140 After 24 days, 332 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,200 a group of like, a cattle of robots 333 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,220 came to the detention 334 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,980 and they wanted to 335 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,900 move us to another place by force. 336 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,860 We were sitting 337 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:14,020 on the ground 338 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:16,280 like the way that I am talking with you, 339 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:17,700 very peaceful, 340 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,800 we didn't say any words. 341 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,080 They started stoning at us, 342 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,900 they started beating us with 343 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,380 iron bars, 344 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,080 lots of police were around us. 345 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,960 One of the police beat my shoulder 346 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,600 with an iron bar. After 347 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,160 a couple of days, I got a stammer. 348 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,580 I still have the stammer 349 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:57,700 but I know how to control it. It's 350 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,540 very difficult. 351 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,540 I don't know, how can I 352 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,160 forget those memories, it comes to me. 353 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,500 After spending some time working on a campaign for 354 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,340 another refugee, a young sporting refugee. 355 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,560 I decided to go across to Port Morseby to meet 356 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,400 many of the men who'd been imprisoned on 357 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,200 Manus Island. 358 00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:33,240 One of those was Mostafa, 359 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,140 he was emaciated, 360 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,580 he 361 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,500 was constantly coughing. 362 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,500 Why are we torturing this person? 363 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,380 Australia has been told these 364 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:47,020 things about them and I'm sitting in front of this young 365 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:48,820 man who we've ripped eight years of his 366 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,760 life away improperly, and he couldn't be more 367 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,060 lovely, he couldn't be more gentle, 368 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,160 he couldn't be more welcoming. 369 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,580 And I asked him if he would play his song 370 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,420 and he started to play and sing beautifully 371 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,700 and just as he was coming to the key line in the chorus, 372 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,800 he broke down coughing. 373 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,100 And you know, this coughing fit 374 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,980 went on forever and I just sat there, you know 375 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,620 embarrassed thinking, wow, you know, this guy is physically 376 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,000 just broken. 377 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,480 Music, I 378 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,080 sometimes play. 379 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,860 These days, it's very difficult 380 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,780 because asthma is killing me. 381 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,100 I don't know how I can survive, 382 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,040 sometimes I feel I am not alive. 383 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,860 When they exiled me 384 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,000 and others to Manus Island, 385 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:54,360 the feeling was really 386 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,540 sad when I saw this 387 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,800 small island, it's a 388 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,820 remote island actually, 389 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,920 so we trapped 390 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,180 forever. 391 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,820 There is only two seasons in Manus Island, 392 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,940 it's hot and wet, 393 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,120 and you get a sweat every day, 394 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,840 every day, every night, you couldn't sleep 395 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:21,560 your body, your mind is shocked. 396 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,660 Their treatment 397 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,080 of us was degrading. 398 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,460 They humiliated us 399 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,660 every single day for years. 400 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,960 You should go back to your country, non refugee. 401 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,260 Many of them they come to me and 402 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:49,480 always I encouraged them: be strong. 403 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:51,880 There is something inside you, 404 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,000 you need to find it. 405 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,940 From one detention to another detention. 406 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,340 From one country 407 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,540 to another country, 408 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,120 from one prison to another prison 409 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:08,300 for the government, 410 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,400 we were just human cargo. 411 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,660 I came 2019 to Australia 412 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,000 for medical treatment under Medevac bill. 413 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,160 There wasn't any fresh air, sunshine 414 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,220 For three months I had to fight for this 415 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,320 basic human right. 416 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,300 Finally they opened the 417 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,400 window this size. 418 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,540 I was kept in the Mantra and Park prisons 419 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,880 for approximately 15 months. 420 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,700 My life was a room and a 421 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,660 narrow corridor. 422 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,760 23 hours a day I was 423 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,580 locked up in a room. 424 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,020 I got a terrible PTSD 425 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:00,820 from Manus. 426 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,920 I don't like 427 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:08,080 any people like police officers, 428 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,380 come and touch my body. The officers 429 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,840 in the Mantra prison and 430 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,540 the park prison, they did pat searched my 431 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,920 body more than 400 times. 432 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,860 Guard: Like we said just a pat down search mate. 433 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,100 Guard: You understand that no problems? 434 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,280 Well, I just talked with 435 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,180 them that I don't like to have pat search, but because I 436 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:33,740 have to visit my friends. 437 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,840 Guard: Yep 438 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,420 Guard: It's part of the procedure, hop around for me, 439 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:39,060 I know 440 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,380 no hands sure, but I will take the video 441 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:42,160 Guard: Do whatever you want 442 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:42,980 na.. na.. na 443 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:44,240 Guard: I tell you what guys, I tell you what guys 444 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,320 Guard: We will take him to escort 445 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,780 Guard: We'll take him 446 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:54,080 Guard: That's fine. That's fine, we'll take him. 447 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,860 Guard: Can you just put you hands on the wall 448 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:17,020 Guard: like this, and you just take one shoe off 449 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:18,180 Guard: show me the bottom of your feet. 450 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:19,940 I don't want to take off my shoes 451 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:21,380 Guard: You don't have to put your feet on the floor. 452 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,540 Guard: I need to see underneath your feet. 453 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,640 Guard: Just put like this. 454 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,220 They treat us like we are nothing. 455 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:32,020 Even wild animal has rights, 456 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,840 even criminals has rights, 457 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,840 what about a refugee? 458 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,620 Among all chaotic situation, 459 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,720 lot's of torture 460 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,220 lack of 461 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,320 humanity... 462 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,980 The behavior of officers over there, 463 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,980 those things were horrible. 464 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,320 I just try to find 465 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,800 tranquility for myself. 466 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,480 I try to be kind to myself. 467 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:24,460 Art helped me 468 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,660 to continue. 469 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,880 Art helped me to be strong. 470 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:48,940 I didn't want 471 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,480 to escape, I wanted to fight in this situation. 472 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,040 No, you cannot escape from the 473 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,420 situation when you are there, but you can be there and 474 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:00,940 fight. 475 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:01,820 It's like battle, 476 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,720 always I say, this is a battle, you need to fight for it. 477 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,480 If you escape. It means you want to 478 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,920 cover your eyes, you cannot see it, but 479 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,940 I was carrying the pain with myself and 480 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,140 at the same time, 481 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,080 I fight with my art against this cruelty. 482 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,300 Always, art, music 483 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:30,860 it's part of my resistance. 484 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:35,000 Without those I couldn't really survive. 485 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,160 I think painting is 486 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,420 a kind of friend for my soul. 487 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,340 When I was in detention, it took me 488 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,300 to freedom, 489 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,600 it took my soul to freedom. 490 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:07,420 Imagine for 491 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:12,560 eight years, every day, immigration, case managers, 492 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,820 security officers, 493 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,920 you cannot come to Australia. 494 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,320 I accepted in my 495 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,880 soul that it's my life, 496 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,120 I know that, outside this place, 497 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,360 people have normal lives 498 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,040 but also 499 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:37,220 I should understand that, this is my life, 500 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:38,540 I'm not gonna be free 501 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,400 but also, I don't want to give up. 502 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,720 So every time 503 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,560 I talk to myself, it will be okay. 504 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,740 It's all 505 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,940 nightmares 506 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,940 I don't know when it's gonna be 507 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,600 my day, but one day will be my day. 508 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,080 And I'll be free. 509 00:35:00,319 --> 00:35:02,319 Wine in Kurdish 510 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,400 culture has a meaning. 511 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,880 I think it's kind of sharing love. 512 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,760 You have a bottle of wine you want to share with friends, 513 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,600 which means brings everyone together. 514 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,280 And you want to share the happiness with wine. 515 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:25,980 In Kurdistan 516 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,260 it's not allowed but many people they 517 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,380 make it from home and they drink it secretly. 518 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,280 You cannot drink it in public. 519 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:37,980 I remember when I make wine, 520 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:39,140 I call my friends... 521 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:41,880 I have some wine, I can share it with you. 522 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,180 It's so exciting. 523 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,280 This is the first 524 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,240 wine I am making 525 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,560 in Australia. 526 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:12,820 Today we're gonna press 527 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,600 "Time to Fly" shiraz wine 528 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,580 and I just taste it 529 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:24,580 I'm very happy with it. The tannins and 530 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:28,980 flavour. It's nice and it's 531 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,280 about 70 days now, 532 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:34,820 the fermentation. 533 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,680 Time to Fly, means... 534 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,020 time to fly! You need to be free 535 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,000 and this design 536 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,440 it's about when I was on Manus Island, 537 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,240 it's gonna be surprise for 538 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:56,240 first for my family and my friends 539 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,100 and I would love to share this wine with 540 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,200 Australian people. 541 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,880 In Kurdistan, in Iran side 542 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,620 you are not allowed even to 543 00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:16,840 write in your language. 544 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,400 And you cannot practice your culture, 545 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,320 and even you cannot talk about your history. 546 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:29,060 and if you go to a school, you cannot talk in your language, 547 00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:32,560 not Kurdish. Not your mother tongue, 548 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:35,400 And we are Indigenous there. 549 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,620 We are the owner of that land 550 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:42,100 and we cannot raise our flag and say, 551 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,800 we are here for thousands and thousands of years. 552 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:50,540 Congratulations! 553 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,300 Thank you, cheers 554 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,640 I hope it's.. it's a long way to go 555 00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,060 before you got to sell it, but 556 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,240 a lot of water's gone under the bridge. 557 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:07,140 to get here. How do you feel? 558 00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:09,560 Yeah, I feel 559 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:10,820 so excited. 560 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:12,920 Imagine how you gonna feel when it goes to bottle! 561 00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,400 I cannot wait. 562 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,500 Then the headaches begin. 563 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,740 The making it's the easy part. 564 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,100 Yeah, actually with 565 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,200 your support. 566 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:29,620 There are some good people around. 567 00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:31,720 Yeah, always 568 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:33,420 Thank you. 569 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:34,660 Well, here's to you. 570 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:35,940 Thank you. Cheers. 571 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:36,980 Amazing journey. 572 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:38,180 Yeah. 573 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,280 Thanks 574 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:02,140 Good 575 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:04,700 I'm really happy to see you 576 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,200 you're still strong, I like it 577 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,800 I'm trying bro, I'm still trying 578 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:11,980 Yeah 579 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,160 But it's hard, very hard time 580 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:25,720 You didn't do anything wrong 581 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,360 You're just looking for safety and your freedom 582 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,760 You are a good man. 583 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,160 I know I understand 584 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,920 That's what we need from you 585 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,840 Thank you buddy 586 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,280 Thank you, be strong 587 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,140 I love you bro 588 00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:06,980 I need you 589 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,840 to have the biggest smile, always 590 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,740 Yes, that's the face 591 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:14,840 That's the resistance 592 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,120 That's the way you fight for your freedom 593 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:20,900 Thank you 594 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,180 Thank you 595 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:24,220 Have a good night 596 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,320 see ya 597 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:28,900 Love you 598 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000 see ya 599 00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:59,140 So they're caught in this interminable hell 600 00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:01,340 where all of these things 601 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:06,340 are set up in order to, to terrorise 602 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:07,620 them so much that they 603 00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:10,580 basically give up either on life, or give up 604 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,500 on trying to find refuge. 605 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:14,780 Just imagine that 606 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,540 from an Australian perspective for a moment. 607 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,180 The most vulnerable people in the world 608 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:19,700 have to actually flee, have been 609 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,580 proven to have fled persecution, which means 610 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,520 imprisonment, attacks, death. 611 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:28,820 And we've treated them so badly, 612 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:32,440 that actually some of them ultimately decide, 613 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:35,820 I'll just take my chances 614 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:37,860 with my own government back home, 615 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:39,960 which means I likely to lose my life 616 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,940 but if I stay here it's gone anyway. That's the 617 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,960 bargain that we try to strike with them. 618 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:53,620 The way we treat the most vulnerable infects all 619 00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:56,140 of our view of who we are 620 00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:58,340 and how we treat each other. 621 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,740 If we were to become, 622 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:02,960 and should be, a country where we say: 623 00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,140 we are going to treat everyone 624 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:08,740 with basic standards of decency. 625 00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:11,920 When we do that as a country, everyone is uplifted, 626 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:16,460 everyone is more hopeful, everyone becomes 627 00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:18,660 more caring, more considerate 628 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,960 and isn't that what society is supposed to be? 629 00:44:49,240 --> 00:44:51,580 I was in prison more than 630 00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:53,780 2,700 days by the 631 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,700 Australian government but my message 632 00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,460 to you wonderful people is love, 633 00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:01,560 and I believe that love 634 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,480 is the answer. This is the way that we can 635 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:07,960 kill the monsters. 636 00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:16,480 I am asking you to listen to your heart 637 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,100 so that together, we can 638 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,180 create a wave of change that will tear down 639 00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:25,300 the walls of the Park prison and other 640 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,180 detention centres and free our brothers 641 00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,280 and sisters. 642 00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:39,660 Still there 643 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:42,080 are many behind the fences. 644 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,280 They haven't committed any crime. 645 00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,780 It doesn't make sense. They should be free. 646 00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:50,900 No children should be behind the fences. 647 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,180 No any women 648 00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,180 should be behind their fences. They are not criminals. 649 00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:00,100 The government spent billions of dollars 650 00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,660 to keep them inside the detention 651 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,460 and separate them from the society and 652 00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,020 the government want to show that, 653 00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:11,480 these people are bad, these people are good, 654 00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:16,080 refugees are dangerous, Aboriginal 655 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,080 different, they just want to separate 656 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,900 and create 657 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,240 layer of discrimination. 658 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:33,900 When people get depressed, when 659 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:35,860 they want to kill themselves, 660 00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:37,960 when they want to harm themselves, 661 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:40,580 they think that they are alone. 662 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,460 It's like a responsibility 663 00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:44,560 for everyone that 664 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,400 help vulnerable people 665 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:49,500 to be strong 666 00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:50,980 and show them that 667 00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:52,500 they are not alone. 668 00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:55,480 You helped me, to 669 00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:59,600 get the voice and and send it to people in Australia. 670 00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:04,300 You gave me power, I felt that this is 671 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:07,260 something that I have to keep it for everyone, 672 00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:09,340 it's not for me, it's for everyone. 673 00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:13,320 The more I got tortured from the government, 674 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:16,840 the more I became friends with people in Australia. 675 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:20,940 A big part of 676 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:24,000 my resilience and the way I got 677 00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:28,040 free is absolutely because of people in Australia. 678 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:30,840 And now 679 00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:33,640 I have a big family. 680 00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:50,960 It makes me so happy. 681 00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:52,300 Hello! 682 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:53,980 Oh, it is you 683 00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,200 It is, It is, It is. 684 00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:57,940 Oh. 685 00:47:58,040 --> 00:47:58,860 Hello! 686 00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:00,580 This is magic 687 00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:03,640 This is absolute magic 688 00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:06,560 I can't believe it. 689 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:09,880 Oh my darling, 690 00:48:11,240 --> 00:48:14,200 oh, my precious boys 691 00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,460 wonderful 692 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,360 and now I see you free! 693 00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:26,040 I cannot believe it. 694 00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:28,960 You are my first Australian friend. 695 00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:31,700 You are very kind 696 00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:32,940 amazing. 697 00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:35,040 Wonderful. 698 00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:39,060 If you remember my English was poor on Manus Island. 699 00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:41,060 I asked you to help me with English 700 00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:43,460 I had to rewrite your poems. 701 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,020 Yes 702 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:46,660 It was all about poetry. 703 00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:49,440 I've got a book here somewhere 704 00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:53,060 here, with 705 00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:56,220 me trying to learn your language. 706 00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:58,220 Wow 707 00:48:58,320 --> 00:48:59,180 Kurdish language 708 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:01,900 Wow. 709 00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:02,780 Yes, it's 710 00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:04,180 all your poetry's in here, 711 00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:06,940 your very first poems in this little book. 712 00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:10,280 Yes, its the most extraordinary thing to come across, 713 00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,060 these 714 00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:15,800 young men who have been through hell, 715 00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:21,000 suddenly appearing and being real people. 716 00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:25,920 Yes, just beautiful, wonderful thing to 717 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:29,060 make that connection 718 00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:33,280 Yeah, very deciding thing in life 719 00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:36,740 of what your values are when something like this 720 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:38,840 comes and hits you. 721 00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:42,960 You've got to get in there and do something. 722 00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:49,580 Thank you for all your support 723 00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:52,160 and all your activism for 724 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:54,860 all of us. Thank you. 725 00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:57,280 Well, you're very, very, very welcome. 726 00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:00,820 You keep collecting my poetry 727 00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:02,620 oh my god 728 00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:05,380 Yeah, I'm honoured to be that person 729 00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:07,980 to publish your poems one day. 730 00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:10,780 Well, if you do it and I don't do it, that's okay, 731 00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:12,740 I'm just never going to do it myself. 732 00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:14,840 I love your poems, that's why 733 00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:18,680 and of course you are beautiful, kind 734 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:21,060 and you help me 735 00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:23,160 a lot. 736 00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:28,620 The first poem written by Farhad Bandesh 737 00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:30,720 in 2015. 738 00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:35,620 He wrote it after finding me on Facebook. 739 00:50:35,720 --> 00:50:38,820 All his creative skills came into play 740 00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:42,000 and kept him mentally and spiritually healthy. 741 00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:47,600 "Silence of Nature" 742 00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:52,900 That was a powerful poem you wrote. 743 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:54,340 Thank you. 744 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:57,260 Was it the first poem you ever wrote at all? 745 00:50:57,360 --> 00:51:00,740 Yeah, that's the first, I couldn't 746 00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:02,780 believe it, you said no, this is a good, 747 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,180 this is a good one. 748 00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:06,400 this is a poem. 749 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:08,900 Well, do you know the words you said 750 00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,960 that struck me most deeply 751 00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:15,140 were the two words, "woven oppression". 752 00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:17,220 Yeah. 753 00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:19,720 That was fantastically original 754 00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:24,380 I'd never seen, oppression woven before, 755 00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:26,380 but it was it was woven through 756 00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:27,900 you all. 757 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,980 Woven into your blood, woven into your 758 00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:32,420 brains, 759 00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:34,520 deliberately. 760 00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:40,100 God that describes what was done to you all so deeply 761 00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:42,200 and so well. 762 00:51:43,720 --> 00:51:44,980 Yeah. 763 00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:49,100 It was just an extremely important experience 764 00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:51,380 of knowing what 765 00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:54,160 lack of freedom does to a human being. 766 00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:57,000 The utter cruelty of it. 767 00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:20,180 It was today, last year 768 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:21,660 one year ago. 769 00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:24,120 How is the feeling now, compared to then? 770 00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:30,220 I think 771 00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:32,320 it's perfect 772 00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:35,160 It was like a nightmare 773 00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,300 everything is beautiful 774 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:42,640 I couldn't see any kind of flower or 775 00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:44,860 trees. 776 00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:48,000 Now I can see everything. 777 00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:14,420 The first time I talked with Christina was 778 00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:17,420 a week after the seige 779 00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:21,460 when police attacked us 780 00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:23,260 on Manus 781 00:53:23,360 --> 00:53:25,600 and I had stammer, I couldn't talk. 782 00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:29,900 and she introduced herself 783 00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:34,100 my name is Christina ..., I am a trauma councillor 784 00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:36,200 I know your story 785 00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:40,340 I heard about what happened to you and other refugees 786 00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:42,180 I'm here to help you 787 00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:44,220 don't worry I understand 788 00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:46,720 what was 789 00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,180 In the past, but you will be ok, 790 00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:52,940 just be patient 791 00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:55,020 and slowly 792 00:53:55,120 --> 00:53:58,400 she talked to me, like a lullaby 793 00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:00,820 I couldn't talk with my family 794 00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:01,900 no friends. 795 00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:03,580 I got very isolated. 796 00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:05,680 It was a huge 797 00:54:07,720 --> 00:54:10,280 trauma, when I talk... 798 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:15,800 all the time stammer 799 00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:18,380 and she said, don't worry, you dont need to talk. 800 00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:19,700 You just say yes or no 801 00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:21,540 or you just nod your head. 802 00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:23,700 or you just say mhmm. 803 00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:26,280 and slowly, slowly I got better 804 00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:30,120 and she said, Manus is not safe for you. 805 00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:33,600 There is a reason you have to be alive. 806 00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:37,440 Just be proud of yourself and be happy. 807 00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,260 You are a survivor Moz. 808 00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:41,360 You dont die. 809 00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:47,360 I miss her so much. 810 00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:54,000 Moz, dont worry about me, I'm sorry, I'm just 811 00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,620 I've either got pain in my back 812 00:54:56,720 --> 00:55:00,060 or then when I take tablets. I feel really drowsy 813 00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:02,160 and I have to lay down. 814 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,640 In 2019 she called me 815 00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:08,180 and she said um, 816 00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:12,520 she's going to be alive for a few weeks. 817 00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:17,760 Her doctor talked to her and she said, just a few weeks. 818 00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:21,080 and I didn't know what does that mean. 819 00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:24,360 What does a few weeks mean. 820 00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:29,360 I remember 821 00:55:30,080 --> 00:55:33,440 her daughter Molly called me 822 00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:36,240 and she said mum is ready 823 00:55:38,440 --> 00:55:42,080 and I had a huge stress 824 00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,820 and I just grabbed the guitar. 825 00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:48,640 I wrote a song for Christina 826 00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:54,480 and I played it for her 827 00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,960 I think, six or seven times. 828 00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:02,280 The last time when I played it for her 829 00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:05,040 she slept. 830 00:56:12,240 --> 00:56:15,260 What a sad day. 831 00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:18,200 Imagine the best friend 832 00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:24,480 in anyones life, especially me in that situation 833 00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:29,600 but know when I look at 834 00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:34,080 what happened in the past, I think 835 00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:36,600 sometimes 836 00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:40,600 someone comes to our lives 837 00:56:42,240 --> 00:56:45,840 just like an angel. 838 00:56:47,160 --> 00:56:50,100 Yeah, she was definitely an angel 839 00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:52,320 and she saved my life. 840 00:56:56,720 --> 00:56:58,720 Love you to bits 841 00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:39,740 We liked it first, and then we share it with 842 00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:44,240 other refugees. We had many concerts, small concerts 843 00:57:46,560 --> 00:57:47,780 and we played it 844 00:57:47,880 --> 00:57:50,960 a lot, and the people really liked it. 845 00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:55,840 This song took us to somewhere else from the detention. 846 00:57:56,920 --> 00:58:00,400 There were different nationalities among refugees. 847 00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:05,300 Bengali, Somalian, Sudanese, Iraqi 848 00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:06,700 Kurdish. 849 00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:09,960 Most of the time when we played music together, 850 00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:13,100 some of them randomly came close to us 851 00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:16,500 and listen to the music and they 852 00:58:16,600 --> 00:58:19,600 clapped and we were happy about it. 853 00:58:43,160 --> 00:58:46,500 This is the beauty of the art always, eliminates 854 00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:50,580 the borders and makes everyone become united 855 00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:53,180 and there is no any difference. 856 00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:55,400 When you listen to Kurdish music 857 00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:57,820 takes you to somewhere. 858 00:58:57,920 --> 00:59:01,280 When I listen to English, Spanish takes me to somewhere 859 00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:04,420 I could feel it inside, it doesn't matter 860 00:59:04,520 --> 00:59:07,340 I don't understand the words, but I understand 861 00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:09,440 the feeling of the music. 862 00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:12,780 That's the beauty of art and music. 863 00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:14,180 Hello? 864 00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:15,340 What's happening fellas? 865 00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:17,440 Hey Nick 866 00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:20,060 Hi, nice to meet you. 867 00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:21,820 Likewise. 868 00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:22,300 Welcome. 869 00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:22,860 Thanks. 870 00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:23,540 Hi Nick. 871 00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:24,660 Hello Buddy 872 00:59:24,760 --> 00:59:25,740 Good to see you again. 873 00:59:25,840 --> 00:59:27,620 You too. 874 00:59:27,720 --> 00:59:28,140 Welcome. 875 00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:29,500 Thank you... 876 00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:31,540 Ready to record a song? 877 00:59:31,640 --> 00:59:33,640 Ready to go. 878 01:03:35,640 --> 01:03:38,640 Your version B... 879 01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:06,400 This is one of the songs, always we sing. 880 01:06:07,560 --> 01:06:08,260 Do you remember? 881 01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:08,820 Yeah 882 01:06:08,920 --> 01:06:12,240 This song it's really 883 01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:15,640 common song in Kurdistan. 884 01:06:16,360 --> 01:06:17,540 It's a beautiful song. 885 01:06:17,640 --> 01:06:19,640 How did it go? 886 01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:21,180 You wanna go? 887 01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:23,280 Ok. 888 01:06:52,080 --> 01:06:54,080 I forgot.