‘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.

  • SevenOfWineEnglish
    174·
    6 months ago

    What happened in Congo is taught in Belgian schools and widely known in Europe. Belgium was widely derided for it even at the time:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casement_Report

    Judging by your username, you’re Turkish. Are you taught about the Armenian genocide in school?

    Or is that one whataboutism too far?

      • SevenOfWineEnglish
        41·
        6 months ago

        Is it?

        What about the Armenian genocide? Does it get taught in Turkish schools? Is there a statue?

        What about Holodomor? Does that get taught in Russian schools? Is there a statue?

        What about the up to 50 million who died as a consequence of the Great Leap Forward? Is there a statue commemorating them?