2026 updates

Press Conference 2026 Sept. 10 (Video).:

• The Pillar of Shame Court Case. Joint statements from Jens Galschiøt, Loretta Lau (Hong Kong, NGO DEI), Ivan Choi (Taiwan, New School of Democracy). 

Proof and claims of ownership

• 2021 STATEMENT BY HONG KONG ALLIANCE - CONFIRMING GALSCHIOTS OWNERSHIP
• 2025 COURT CASE STATEMENT OF JENS GALSCHIØT IN DEFENCE OF HONG KONGS DEMOCRACTIC ALLIANCE
  • VIDEO
  •  TEXT
• 2023 MAY 5. JENS GALSCHIØT: CLAIM OF OWNERSHIP AND  DEMANDING THE SCULPTURE BACK -  LETTER TO HONG KONG SAR

• 1998 - South China Morning Post, mentioning that the statue is a loan

2026 Claim of ownership and request for return

• 2026, 08.30 LETTER TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
• 2026, 08.28 LETTER TO COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SAR 
• 2026, 08.28 LETTER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG 

EU Parliament requesting the release of the Pillar of Shame  

• EU PARLAMENTARIANS REQUESTING THE RELEASE OF THE PILLAR OF SHAME

Correspondence about the Pillar of Shame

• CORRESPONDANCE W. UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG - OVERVIEW - INCL. CONTACT
• REPLY BY HONG KONG SAR TO MR GALSCHIOT 
• US CONGRESS HEARING ABOUT MAYER BROWN WITH SAMUEL CHU (2021)  

Letters to Danish government asking for help in the Case (in Danish)

• 2026, 09.15 - Statsminister Mette Frederiksen
• 2026, 09.15 - Foreign Affairs MInister Lars Løkke Rasmussen
• 2026 09.19 - Full page ad in Avisen Danmark, requesting involvement by Danish governrnent

Happenings / Exhibitions

• 2024 - Pillar of Shame at the EU Parliament
• 2021 - Pillar of Shame in Hongkong

• 2020 - Pillar of Shame in front of the Danish Parliament

Photo

• All photos of the sculpture

Documentation

• Concept in Kurdish and English 

Press

• Press coverage of the pillar of shame

Links

• Pillar of Shame on Wikipedia 
• Find more about Pillar of Shame here