Sarah Ford | April 11, 2014
When Does Targeting Monuments Become a Human Rights Abuse?
°Õ³Ü°ù°ì±ð²â’sÌýÌýmay not be as chilling as the leaked tape that prompted the ban of the video-sharing website. In the March 2014 recording, top officials in Turkey seemingly discussÌýÌýin Syria for the purpose ofÌýÌýby Ankara.
Cultural monuments have been targeted by power-holders for millennia. Assyria’s Sargon II proudlyÌýÌýin Uraratu 2,700 years ago. The Nazis, as illustrated in the recent Hollywood movieÌý¸ stole precious pieces of art for either a future ‘Führermuseum’Ìýor a complete destruction, depending on the outcome of WWII.
But cultural destruction is not a problem of the past. On the contrary,Ìýthe targeting of monuments is a trending human rights violation.ÌýHere are some examples:
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