Pillar of Shame, a memorial to the victims of the Tiananmen crackdown installed in Hong Kong University (HKU) , was dismantled on December 22 by pro-Chinese authorities.
- The Pillar of Shame, a haunting eight-metre tall sculpture showing intertwined bodies with hollowed eyes and open mouths — an anguished mass of humanity — was created by Danish artist Jens Galschiot as a tribute to the victims of China’s crackdown in Tiananmen Square in June 1989.
- It has been at HKU since 1997, installed shortly after one of Hong Kong’s annual June vigils at Victoria Park, where thousands gathered every year to mark the anniversary.
- It was one of the few remaining public memorials in Hong Kong commemorating the incident.
- Its removal comes as Beijing has increasingly been cracking down on political dissent in Hong Kong.
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