I received the statement below from a Tunisian activist friend on new crackdowns on human rights in Tunisia
Hunger strike by leaders of the Tunisian Progressive Democratic Party
They came first for the Communists,
I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;
Then they came for the trade unionists,
I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews,
I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;
And then . . . they came for me . . .
There was no one left to speak up.
Martin Niemöller