Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/10231515
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.
What the actual fuck. They’d do anything but stopping a genocide.
Fun fact: a memorial to the victims of a past atrocity committed by one oppressive state doesn’t in any way make working to stop the ongoing atrocity of another impossible.
Well it’s not like they’ll stop trading with China, let alone anything more serious. But then again Uyghur lives aren’t worth as much as corporate profits.