Monuments

A man tries to peep into the site where the "Pillar of Shame" statue by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot which pays tribute to the victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing on 4 June, 1989, used to stand, after being removed at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in Hong Kong, China, 23 December, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
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Two more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong university campuses

Authorities have been clamping down in Hong Kong under a China-imposed national security law that human rights activists say is being used to suppress civil society, jail democracy campaigners and...

Federal law enforcement officers, deployed under the Trump administration’s new executive order to protect federal monuments and buildings, face off with protesters against racial inequality in Portland, Oregon, US July 17, 2020/ Reuters
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US swoops down on Portland protesters after Trump order to protect monuments

The base of the statue of former president Andrew Jackson is power washed inside a newly closed Lafayette Park, in Washington, which has been the site of protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Photo: AP
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Trump signs executive order to protect monuments