The sculpture stood for two decades as a reminder of the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Its removal marks another step in China's crackdown on free speech and political dissent. A famous ...

For more than 20 years the “Pillar of Shame” sculpture stood as a memorial to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, in which the Chinese military crushed protests led by college students ...

Depicting a heap of screaming faces and contorted torsos, the “Pillar of Shame” was not just a reminder of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre – it was, for many, an emblem of free speech in Hong Kong.

HONG KONG, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A leading Hong Kong university has fenced off a statue on its campus that for more than two decades has commemorated pro-democracy protesters killed during China's ...

Late on Wednesday night, security guards at the University of Hong Kong placed yellow barricades around the eight-metre (26-foot) high, two-tonne copper sculpture called the "Pillar of Shame" that ...

HONG KONG — A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday over the objections of its creator from Denmark. The 8-meter ...

For more than 20 years the “Pillar of Shame” sculpture stood as a memorial to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, in which the Chinese military crushed protests led by college students ...

Depicting a heap of screaming faces and contorted torsos, the “Pillar of Shame” was not just a reminder of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre — it was, for many, an emblem of free speech in Hong Kong.

HONG KONG, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A leading Hong Kong university has dismantled and removed a statue from its campus site that for more than two decades has commemorated pro-democracy protesters killed ...