First, they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. These lines by Martin Niemöller always make me pray that something bad happens with those bystanders who witness lynching in broad daylight, murder in the middle of the road and do nothing. That someday someone comes for them, they adjure for help, people hear them and yet no one responds. This should happen with each and every one of them, maybe including myself because as is famously remarked ‘ watching a crime take place and doing nothing about is as heinous as the crime itself.’ Today, we are celebrating International Human Rights Day yet again, on the same day we have been celebrating since 1948 and nothing much has changed, h