Universal Links for Human Rights - Amiens Street, Dublin, Ireland
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 53° 20.960 W 006° 15.099
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This sculpture, by Tony O'Malley, was commissioned by Amnesty International in Ireland. It is entitled "Universal Links for Human Rights" and contains an eternal flame. It is located on a traffic island adjacent to Amiens Street.
Waymark Code: WMQXBB
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date Posted: 04/10/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
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The inscription around the base of the sculpture reads:

The candle burns not for us but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison. Who were tortured. Who were kidnapped. Who disappeared. That is what the candle is for.

Wikipedia has an article about the sculpture that tells us:

Universal Links on Human Rights is a memorial sculpture located in Dublin, Ireland, on the traffic island at the junction of Amiens St and Memorial Road, close to Busáras and The Customs House. It is a sphere of welded interlinked chains and bars, 260 cm in diameter, housing an eternal flame in its center, powered by natural gas from the Kinsale Head gas field. It was commissioned by Amnesty International in 1995 and designed by Tony O'Malley. It represents the jails holding prisoners of conscience.

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