A Bangkok gallery is under pressure – at the request of China – to remove and reduce works of art concerning the treatment by Beijing of Uighurs, Tibetans and Hong Kongers of an exposure on authoritarian governments, according to a report by the Reuters news agency.
In what the artists called on Beijing’s last attempt to silence criticism abroad, the Bangkok Arts and Cultural Center has changed several works by artists in exile in the exhibition on authoritarian governments collaborating through borders.
According to Reuters, the deleted works included a multimedia installation by a Tibetan artist, while other pieces had been modified, with the words “Hong Kong”, “Tibet” and “Oughur” expurgated, as well as the names of the artists.
SAI, co-founder of the Myanmar Peace Museum, the organization that made the exhibition, said that the parts deleted included flags and Tibetan and Uighur postcards featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping, as well as a postcard representing links between China and Israel.
Earlier this year, Thailand has repatriated 40 Uighurs in China. UN experts had warned that they would risk torture, ill -treatment and irreparable damage.
Report by Reuters