#as in- shouldn't human life and dignity be the focus than perpetuating power structures and rhetoric upheld by populist administrations?

[homegrrl]

It has been a frustrating day. Mostly because of being bombarded with news and rhetoric rationalising and justifying the deaths of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers at sea, in deserts or in ways that bar them from rights of living in safety and dignity.

It's a gruelling reminder of the challenges we as a society face in having to place empathy and human rights back on the agenda. And is also reminding me of how disheartening and isolating a career in human rights is, as more and more, the criticism and backlash becomes relentless.