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Now playing Next Hungary Black Lives Matter statue torn down a day after its Budapest unveiling "The rainbow stripes are undoubtedly very irritating to the vandals," its creator told Euronews 02/04/2021
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Now playing Next no comment Statue honouring 'real women' unveiled in New York's Central Park The new statue represents Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) -- campaigners for the rights of women and people of colour 27/08/2020
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Now playing Next USA Christopher Columbus statues removed in Chicago after protests The statues of the Italian explorer were taken down in two Chicago parks after protesters trying to topple one of them clashed with police. 25/07/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Statue of Black Lives Matter activist Jen Reid taken down The statue of the activist lasted less than 24 hours before workers from the city council removed it. 15/07/2020
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Now playing Next no comment US protesters pull down more statues of people with links to slavery In the US protesters toppled more statues of figures with links to slavery following rallies in memory of Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. 20/06/2020
Now playing Next World Confronting Colonial Statues | Culture Clash Statues to slave traders and colonial kings litter european cities. Is it time for them to go? 19/06/2020
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Now playing Next no comment Statue of famous Italian journalist vandalised in Milan Indro Montanelli, who died in 2001, acknowledged having had a 12-year-old Eritrean bride while stationed in the Italian colony in the 1930s. 14/06/2020
Now playing Next no comment A statue of former Belgian King Baudouin defaced with red paint The statue was daubed with red paint to protest the ex-king's role in the colonisation of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. 12/06/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom London statues boarded up as Mayor urges protesters to stay at home "What I'm saying to people who want to protest in central London is please don't, because you're in danger of falling into a trap laid by the extreme far right, who want to provoke hatred and division," London Mayor Sadiq Khan tells Euronews. 12/06/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom 'Don’t take down statues, take down racism,' says black professor "My ancestors had to face the slavers and fight. I think I can face the evil face of a statue and fight," Scotland's first black professor, Sir Geoff Palmer, told Euronews. 11/06/2020