WHEN POWER TURNS ITS BACK ON HUMANITY
There are moments when silence becomes cowardice, When neutrality becomes betrayal, And when the human conscience must rise And say plainly: This is wrong. Wrong is wrong Even when it is announced by authority. Wrong is wrong Even when it is dressed in the language of law, Security, Politics, Or national interest. A people who have already fled fear Should not be made to live in fear again. A refugee should not wake each morning Wondering whether the next knock at the door Will take away the little safety They struggled to find. A trader should not be treated as a criminal Simply because of where they were born. A child should not inherit humiliation Because adults have chosen To turn identity into a weapon. And let us speak honestly: No political order gives ordinary citizens The moral right to persecute, threaten, humiliate, Or victimise innocent people. No speech from power Should become permission for cruelty. No presidential order, No political slogan, No wave of publi...