When You Tried To Tell The World... Song for Schapelle Corby

This is a remarkable song: powerful, full of passion, and telling it as it is. It tells the terrible story of Schapelle Corby, the political game which has taken her life away from her, and the awful media campaign which has been running for years to hide it. It exposes the truth.

The song was written by Al Wilson, and is performed here by Holly Wilson. It is an extraordinary song, sung by an amazing talant.

SCHAPELLE CORBY
Schapelle Corby is illegally imprisoned in a squalid cell in Indonesia, having been sentenced to a shocking and brutal 20 YEARS in March 2005 for a crime she did not commit. She suffered the most blatant of show trials: a trial in which evidence was simply an inconvenience, to be ignored and destroyed as quickly as possible.

She was charged with importing of 4kg of marijuana, which had appeared in her boogie bag when she landed in Bali. Despite her desperate pleas, the so-called court:
- refused to test the drugs for country of origin: if they were Indonesian, she would have to be freed
- refused to fingerprint/DNA her bag
- refused to view CCTV film from the airport
- burned the evidence so it could never be used to free her
- presumed guilt: she had to try to prove innocence from within a squalid cell
- refused to let her question key witnesses in court (customs officers)
- the list just goes on and on.

Even at the airport, they had illegally interrogated her for 9 hours, they attempted to trick her into signing a confession, and had even refused to weigh her bags: if they were 4kg heavier than when she left the drugs could not have been hers and again they would have had to release her.

To be certain, they appointed a 'judge' who had never acquitted anyone at all in 500 drug cases.

She just didn't have any chance: she simply didn't have a trial.

Despite the value of the marijuana being much lower than in Australia, to Indonesia Schapelle was a channel to war on drugs funding and a show case trial. She had effectively become a political tool, with even the president commenting upon it, by urging the terrible sentence.


The Australian government? To them Schapelle was a problem for their key relationship with Indonesia. That strategic relationship basically trumped Schapelle Corby's human and legal rights. They have therefore deserted her, and have allowed their media to subdue and manage public opinion on their behalf.

But she isn't a political tool, and isn't dispensable! She is a real person: an innocent woman who has had her life and her voice brutally taken away from her.

She is still there now, today, alone, suffering and struggling to survive each and every day. She needs real people from around the world to help her and shout for her. She needs YOU!


Please don't walk away....

Visit: http://www.schapelle.net

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Music

[KDenzler]

It's amazing that such a tragic situation can inspire such beautiful music. It's sickening that the media is using Schapelle's situation to sell ad space. And as we all know, smears and lies make more money than the truth.

[donindevrock]

Thank you Holly, for the beautiful song. When the world is finally awakened to the media's lies and smear... engineered by the Australian Government, all hell will break loose!

The light at the end of that tunnel is burning brighter by the day.

Things are gunna change!

[sarajane47]

We're coming to get you sweetie, hang on, it wont be long now. The whole world will know the truth very shortly. THE whole TRUTH and the biggest cover up ever orchestrated by one Government.

[zarathde]

Very sad, I hope her nightmare will have an end soon.

[pinkgarterbelt]

This song gets right to my heart, not only is it sung beautifully, but the words and the pictures......

Let this girl come home soon, and let her mend and have peace of mind again.

[KeepinItRealMofo]

i can't believe this women is in jail,rotting away her life for such a harmless plant...the government are pigs...filthy pigs

[29pat05]

I read the story about Schapelle. It's a disgrace what happened to her. I hope and pray, she will be by her family in Australia soon. And free of all the mud what covers her now. By the way, this is a beautiful and formidable song.

[Col7777]

Found you Holly, I vote for you on Soundcheck, I thought I would look here too.

Love your voice and music, hope you win by the way.

Col :-) xxx

[justlovemylife]

Hermosa canción, Schapelle tambien tiene el apoyo desde sudamerica.. Chile está con ella! Me gustaria tener la canción, de donde la puedo bajar? alguien me puede decir?

[NosajVonSosaj]

Good video.

[pinkgarterbelt]

This long time supporter is filled with emotion, This song is not only powerful, but sung beautifully.