The Pillar of SHame in Hong Kong
before it was painted orange
China has removed the Pillar of Shame from the University of Hong Kong. They keep it in a container and refuse to release it.
The Pillars of Shame are a series of 8-meter-high sculptures made of bronze, copper or concrete. They commemorate a massacres and crimes that must never be repeated and they have been erected in Hong Kong, Mexico and Brazil.
The Pillar of Shame was erected in Hong Kong in 1997 and was the only monument in China to commemorate the thousands who died in the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989.
When China crushed Hong Kong's democracy, they took down the sculpture in an attempt to erase the event from their history.
Since 2021 the Pillar of Shame has been stored in a container in Hong Kong. The authorities say it is being used as evidence against the democracy activists who maintained it.
Galschiøt wants to have it back. But China is pulling the strings and refusing to hand it over.
Today, the Pillar of Shame is a unifying symbol for Hong Kongers who have been forced to flee their homeland, as well as other peoples who have been displaced or are threatened by Chinese takeover.
The Pillar of Shame is being 3D printed all over the world. And China and the Hong Kong diaspora have been sent hundreds of giant Pillar of Shame banners that are used in the annually commemoration of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
China took down one Pillar of Shame and replaced it with thousands.
2023 Kidnapping of the Pillar of Shame
Arrest Warrant on Jens Galschiot
Press coverage
Press releases and statements
2022
22 dec. 2021, at 6 PM Press releases- I'm totally shocked that HongKong University is currently destroying the pillar of shame
22 dec. 2021 - The pillar of Shame is being destroyed in these minutes.
15 oct. Mayer bvrown til lauge bryder samarbejdet Honkkong universitet
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