"First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me."
In 2006, with Martin Niemoller's poem in mind, I raised this question at the time we were drawing attention to Death Camps for Children in Ukraine:
"When finally, the truth is out, I ask them to return here and answer me - Why did you do and say nothing? "
In the dialogue, you will also find a link to the article on the BBC Community Action Network which no longer exists. The internet archive does however, revealing that this story was removed for violating the network's terms.
As the archive page illustrates, International Affairs and Development Aid are valid discussion categories
The closure of the Action Network and what will follow it, is the subject of this blog from David Wilcox
Perhaps the first question to ask, something the BBC would not respond to at the time, is how? Why did the BBC censor a human rights activist?
It was the beginning of a story in the evolution of social business which would end in the loss of the activists life.
A story that many did not want to hear and some wanted nobody to hear.
The day we become silent about things that matter.
Source: http://www.p-ced.com/1/node/175
← Go back Next page →
