wife, even though she has had no political activities or played a role in anything I have done- Insulting my war veteran brother and threatening to arrest him as well if I did not co-operate- Intelligence agent threatening me with death (He said to me I can easily kill you outside here with a single bullet and no one can question me)- Prison officials threatening me with execution- Keeping me in a 2 metre by 1.5 metre cell without any hygiene facilities that led to infected boils all over my body- Deliberate negligence in giving me my medication related to my heart problem- Putting me in a cell next to an inmate with AIDS and making me walk with bare feet on his blood after he had committed suicide by slashing his wrists- Giving me insinuating offensive information about my wife- Stripping me naked in front of an agent who was holding a camera in his hand, who kept laughing and asking me 'are you scared?' every time I protested at his immoral behaviour- Severe physical beating when I asked to see the prison doctor, beatings so bad that the marks were visible all over me for a long time- Chaining my hands and feet for long periods of time And these were just a small glimpse of what I went through during my detention. After the Ashura uprising which resulted in so many of my compatriots being killed, I felt it was my duty to condemn this inhumanity and use my musical talents in doing so. I wrote and composed a song, which became known as 'Ali, Rise up'. The content of this song is to do with the exploitation of God, the Koran and the Imams by a bunch of impostors to achieve their demonic goals. In this song, I asked the Imams for help in uprooting lies and hypocrisy. Is it not strange that in these days to ask the Imams for help in battling against evil is considered a crime in our country? Imam Hussein was martyred for good to triumph against evil, so should we not expect the same from his followers? Or are we just supposed to ceremoniously beat our heads and beat up our chests and pretend we despise tyrants and despots? I do not recognise this man as our president! Am I then not a Muslim? On the day of Ashura, I