1997年,丹麥雕塑家高志活(Jens Galschiot)為「六四」八周年製作一尊高約7米的「國殤之柱」(Pillar of Shame)雕塑,希望可在香港永久擺放,見證香港回歸中國後的民主和人權發展。由於當年的市政局否決支聯會的申請,「國殤之柱」運抵香港後,先於6月3日在維園四號足球場豎立,並於6月4日晚從維園運往香港大學擺放,初期遭港大校方及警方阻撓,約於4日凌晨3時成功搬進校園,橫放在黃克競樓平台旁。接著的一年,支聯會一方面繼續向市政局申請永久擺放場地,而「國殤之柱」則巡迴七間大專院校擺放展覽。
1997年,丹麥雕塑家高志活(Jens Galschiot)為「六四」八周年製作一尊高約7米的「國殤之柱」(Pillar of Shame)雕塑,希望可在香港永久擺放,見證香港回歸中國後的民主和人權發展。由於當年的市政局否決支聯會的申請,「國殤之柱」運抵香港後,先於6月3日在維園四號足球場豎立,並於6月4日晚從維園運往香港大學擺放,初期遭港大校方及警方阻撓,約於4日凌晨3時成功搬進校園,橫放在黃克競樓平台旁。接著的一年,支聯會一方面繼續向市政局申請永久擺放場地,而「國殤之柱」則巡迴七間大專院校擺放展覽。
The War on Fakes channel has repeatedly attempted to push conspiracies that footage from Ukraine is somehow being falsified. One post on the channel from February 24 claimed without evidence that a widely viewed photo of a Ukrainian woman injured in an airstrike in the city of Chuhuiv was doctored and that the woman was seen in a different photo days later without injuries. The post, which has over 600,000 views, also baselessly claimed that the woman's blood was actually makeup or grape juice. "We're seeing really dramatic moves, and it's all really tied to Ukraine right now, and in a secondary way, in terms of interest rates," Octavio Marenzi, CEO of Opimas, told Yahoo Finance Live on Thursday. "This war in Ukraine is going to give the Fed the ammunition, the cover that it needs, to not raise interest rates too quickly. And I think Jay Powell is a very tepid sort of inflation fighter and he's not going to do as much as he needs to do to get that under control. And this seems like an excuse to kick the can further down the road still and not do too much too soon." Apparently upbeat developments in Russia's discussions with Ukraine helped at least temporarily send investors back into risk assets. Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that there were "certain positive developments" occurring in the talks with Ukraine, according to a transcript of their meeting. Putin added that discussions were happening "almost on a daily basis." Telegram Messenger Blocks Navalny Bot During Russian Election Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores.
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