‘Pillar of Shame’ honoring Hong Kong protesters to be displayed at Danish Parliament
Jens Galschiøt, the creator of the Pillar of Shame, Danish Political Parties, and NGO Amnesty International Denmark collaborated to create new sculptures in support of the Hong Kong protest movement.
Galschiøt said in a press release that western countries have the moral responsibility to give support to Hong Kong democracy fighters. He added, “I have spoken to those who fight in the democracy movement and know that support is crucial for them.”
Uffe Elbæk, the convener of The Alternative, said his party had been concerned about the “disturbing and deeply critical situation” in Hong Kong for a long time, “We are showing our support and commitment to the people of Hong Kong. We support this because the conflict in Hong Kong also tells a story about human rights being under pressure many places in the world today,” Elbæk said in the official statement.
Hongkongers in Denmark are expected to attend the unveiling of the sculpture, which will be displayed for three months outside the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen starting from 23rd January.
Exerpt: Coconut HK (20-Jan)
https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/pillar-of-shame-honoring-hong-kong-protesters-to-be-displayed-at-danish-parliament/
Photo Credit: Instagram of Jens Galschiøt
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Jens Galschiøt, the creator of the Pillar of Shame, Danish Political Parties, and NGO Amnesty International Denmark collaborated to create new sculptures in support of the Hong Kong protest movement.
Galschiøt said in a press release that western countries have the moral responsibility to give support to Hong Kong democracy fighters. He added, “I have spoken to those who fight in the democracy movement and know that support is crucial for them.”
Uffe Elbæk, the convener of The Alternative, said his party had been concerned about the “disturbing and deeply critical situation” in Hong Kong for a long time, “We are showing our support and commitment to the people of Hong Kong. We support this because the conflict in Hong Kong also tells a story about human rights being under pressure many places in the world today,” Elbæk said in the official statement.
Hongkongers in Denmark are expected to attend the unveiling of the sculpture, which will be displayed for three months outside the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen starting from 23rd January.
Exerpt: Coconut HK (20-Jan)
https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/pillar-of-shame-honoring-hong-kong-protesters-to-be-displayed-at-danish-parliament/
Photo Credit: Instagram of Jens Galschiøt
#GlobalSupport #Denmark #PillarofShame
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‘Pillar of Shame’ honoring Hong Kong protesters to be displayed at Danish parliament
An eight-meter sculpture of Hong Kong protesters done in the style of the iconic Pillar of Shame will be put up for display outside the Danish parliament on Jan 23 The statue is the work of Danish artist Jens Galschchiøt, who in 1996 created the...
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Why did a Dutch cartoonist's work make many people angry?
Cartoonist Maarten Wolterink discovered that whoever attempts to make jokes of the coronavirus would soon touch the nerve of many.
Wolterink received countless calls and hundreds of angry messages on Instagram in one and a half week’s time.
“I drew a flag, its stars were replaced by viruses”, said Wolterink in a radio program, NOS Met het Oog op Morgen. “Although I could not understand these messages (maybe because they were written in Chinese), there were lots of angry face emojis, especially turd and middle finger.” There were around 600 messages of this sort.
Wolterink is not the only cartoonist who incited anger due to cartoons about coronavirus.
Chinese Embassy in Denmark and Belgium have already demanded the newspapers to retrieve the cartoons. Chinese ambassador in the Netherlands even hoped that if there is any offensive cartoon to be published, the Dutch government would take action. He called for the “supervision of their values” on the part of the editor-in-chief.
“These are Chinese style responses”, said Tjeerd Royaards, cartoonist and editor-in-chief of The Cartoon Movement. “We are talking about a country which bans Winnie the Pooh just because it looks like Xi Jinping, the Chinese President. I hope the Dutch government would not respond to the demands of the Chinese Embassy. It is in fact a very strict censorship.”
To the cartoonists, verbal threats or even death threats are nothing new to them. “In fact, it happens whenever a cartoon makes a fuss,” said Royaards.
In those angry messages Wolterink received, there were abbreviations in Chinese, which means "your mother is dead:. “In the beginning, I would happily reply that my mother has indeed passed away 30 years ago, how did you know that? However, after replying to 400 messages, I am fed up.”, said Wolterink. “I am glad that I have deleted my address on Google Maps. Moreover, China is very far away from the Netherlands. I don’t think this is a serious threat.”
“I am not saying my boss will call me tomorrow and tell me not to do so,” said Royaards. “However, this might happen in the future due to China’s intolerance on different opinions. Overall, the freedom of the press is in decline. Besides, as the power of China is growing, what would happen after five, or ten, or twenty years?”
Source: https://taronews.tw/2020/02/06/604388/
#Denmark #Belgium #Netherlands #Censorship #PressFreedom #SharpPower
Why did a Dutch cartoonist's work make many people angry?
Cartoonist Maarten Wolterink discovered that whoever attempts to make jokes of the coronavirus would soon touch the nerve of many.
Wolterink received countless calls and hundreds of angry messages on Instagram in one and a half week’s time.
“I drew a flag, its stars were replaced by viruses”, said Wolterink in a radio program, NOS Met het Oog op Morgen. “Although I could not understand these messages (maybe because they were written in Chinese), there were lots of angry face emojis, especially turd and middle finger.” There were around 600 messages of this sort.
Wolterink is not the only cartoonist who incited anger due to cartoons about coronavirus.
Chinese Embassy in Denmark and Belgium have already demanded the newspapers to retrieve the cartoons. Chinese ambassador in the Netherlands even hoped that if there is any offensive cartoon to be published, the Dutch government would take action. He called for the “supervision of their values” on the part of the editor-in-chief.
“These are Chinese style responses”, said Tjeerd Royaards, cartoonist and editor-in-chief of The Cartoon Movement. “We are talking about a country which bans Winnie the Pooh just because it looks like Xi Jinping, the Chinese President. I hope the Dutch government would not respond to the demands of the Chinese Embassy. It is in fact a very strict censorship.”
To the cartoonists, verbal threats or even death threats are nothing new to them. “In fact, it happens whenever a cartoon makes a fuss,” said Royaards.
In those angry messages Wolterink received, there were abbreviations in Chinese, which means "your mother is dead:. “In the beginning, I would happily reply that my mother has indeed passed away 30 years ago, how did you know that? However, after replying to 400 messages, I am fed up.”, said Wolterink. “I am glad that I have deleted my address on Google Maps. Moreover, China is very far away from the Netherlands. I don’t think this is a serious threat.”
“I am not saying my boss will call me tomorrow and tell me not to do so,” said Royaards. “However, this might happen in the future due to China’s intolerance on different opinions. Overall, the freedom of the press is in decline. Besides, as the power of China is growing, what would happen after five, or ten, or twenty years?”
Source: https://taronews.tw/2020/02/06/604388/
#Denmark #Belgium #Netherlands #Censorship #PressFreedom #SharpPower
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荷蘭漫畫家的一幅畫為何惹怒很多人？
漫畫家馬滕·沃爾特林克（Maarten Wolterink）發現，任何想對冠狀病毒開玩笑的人都很快會觸及到很多人敏感的神經線。
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#Denmark stands with Hong Kong, not with CCP
Chairman of Danish Social-Liberal Youth, Thomas Rohden recently condemned China for its authoritarian attacks on Hong Kong. He stated "Denmark stands with Hong Kong" and further suggested to enable the Magnitsky act sanctions on people responsible for the destruction of freedom and democracy.
Source: Thomas Rohden's Twitter
https://twitter.com/ThomasRohden/status/1292017650034446336
#Denmark stands with Hong Kong, not with CCP
Chairman of Danish Social-Liberal Youth, Thomas Rohden recently condemned China for its authoritarian attacks on Hong Kong. He stated "Denmark stands with Hong Kong" and further suggested to enable the Magnitsky act sanctions on people responsible for the destruction of freedom and democracy.
Source: Thomas Rohden's Twitter
https://twitter.com/ThomasRohden/status/1292017650034446336
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Danish MPs jointly declares “unreserved support” for colleagues assisting HK democrat to escape
Source: Stand News; #Jan23
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Danish MPs jointly declares “unreserved support” for colleagues assisting HK democrat to escape
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Danish MPs jointly declares “unreserved support” for colleagues assisting HK democrat to escape
Representatives of three major parties in the #DanishParliament jointly issued statement on January 23, 2021 in support of their Parliament colleagues who allegedly assisted former legislator, #TedHui Chi-fong, to flee the city in 2020.
It was reported that the Hong Kong police are considering prosecuting two Danish MPs, namely #UffeElbaek of the Green Party and #KatarinaAmmitzbøll of the Conservative Party.
#MartinLidegaard of the Danish Social Liberal Party, #AnnetteLind of Social Democratic Party and #MichaelAastrupJensen, member of the largest opposition Liberal Party said in their statement to the Hong Kong police that “members of the Danish Parliament are free to exercise their parliamentary duties without threats of retaliation.”
They stressed that “this is an inalienable and constitutional principle in Danish democracy”, calling also on other politicians and political parties to join in their support.
Source: Stand News; #Jan23
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Danish MPs jointly declares “unreserved support” for colleagues assisting HK democrat to escape
Representatives of three major parties in the #DanishParliament jointly issued statement on January 23, 2021 in support of their Parliament colleagues who allegedly assisted former legislator, #TedHui Chi-fong, to flee the city in 2020.
It was reported that the Hong Kong police are considering prosecuting two Danish MPs, namely #UffeElbaek of the Green Party and #KatarinaAmmitzbøll of the Conservative Party.
#MartinLidegaard of the Danish Social Liberal Party, #AnnetteLind of Social Democratic Party and #MichaelAastrupJensen, member of the largest opposition Liberal Party said in their statement to the Hong Kong police that “members of the Danish Parliament are free to exercise their parliamentary duties without threats of retaliation.”
They stressed that “this is an inalienable and constitutional principle in Danish democracy”, calling also on other politicians and political parties to join in their support.
Source: Stand News; #Jan23
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Danish Sculptor seeks immunity from Hong Kong's National Security Law
Danish artist Jens Galschiot created the Pillar of Shame, a statue that commemorates democracy students and citizens who died on June 4, 1989 during Beijing’s brutal crackdown. The University of Hong Kong (#HKU), where the statue was displayed, has earlier demanded its removal from the campus.
The artist has asked Hong Kong authorities for immunity from the #NationalSecurityLaw so that he can take the statue back to Denmark.
In an open letter issued on November 12, 2021, #JensGalschiot said he is willing to take the statue back to Denmark, but he needs to be in the city to make sure it is dismantled properly without causing significant and irreparable damage to the costly sculpture.
Galschiot also called for assurances that he and his colleagues would not be prosecuted under the national security law.
#Sculpture #NSL #Art #FreedomOfExpression #TiananmenMassacre #June4 #Denmark
Source: Citizen News; #Nov12
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/47611/%E9%AB%98%E5%BF%97%E6%B4%BBjens_galschi%C3%B8t-%E5%9C%8B%E6%AE%A4%E4%B9%8B%E6%9F%B1-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8-47619/hku
Danish Sculptor seeks immunity from Hong Kong's National Security Law
Danish artist Jens Galschiot created the Pillar of Shame, a statue that commemorates democracy students and citizens who died on June 4, 1989 during Beijing’s brutal crackdown. The University of Hong Kong (#HKU), where the statue was displayed, has earlier demanded its removal from the campus.
The artist has asked Hong Kong authorities for immunity from the #NationalSecurityLaw so that he can take the statue back to Denmark.
In an open letter issued on November 12, 2021, #JensGalschiot said he is willing to take the statue back to Denmark, but he needs to be in the city to make sure it is dismantled properly without causing significant and irreparable damage to the costly sculpture.
Galschiot also called for assurances that he and his colleagues would not be prosecuted under the national security law.
#Sculpture #NSL #Art #FreedomOfExpression #TiananmenMassacre #June4 #Denmark
Source: Citizen News; #Nov12
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/47611/%E9%AB%98%E5%BF%97%E6%B4%BBjens_galschi%C3%B8t-%E5%9C%8B%E6%AE%A4%E4%B9%8B%E6%9F%B1-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8-47619/hku
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