‘Pillar of Shame’ Tiananmen memorial erected outside European Parliament | CNN
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A model of the “Pillar of Shame,” which was controversially removed from a Hong Kong university in 2021, has gone on display in front of the European Parliament in Brussels.

Depicting a heap of contorted bodies and screaming faces, the statue was unveiled Tuesday as part of an exhibition of “forbidden art” that organizers said had been censored or “deemed subversive” by Hong Kong and mainland China.

The exhibition was hosted by Jens Galschiøt, the Danish artist behind the famous sculpture, and Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, a member of the European Parliament (MEP). A further six MEPs, including representatives from each of the parliament’s five largest political coalitions, were listed as co-hosts.

  • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    8 months ago

    Immediately cutting ties with anyone who doesn’t do what you say sounds like a winning strategy.

    • owen@lemmy.caEnglish
      81·
      8 months ago

      Bruh. I’d consider running a genocide to be a special case…

      • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        It is a special case and there needs to be a global demand to push back and start sanctions. It’s just not going to happen as quickly as people want , nor will rhetoric. A deal needs to be struck which means you when with the asshole. Unless you want to bring in force.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      8 months ago

      You’d defend the companies selling weapons to Hitler in WW2 to commit the Holocaust?