ピカソ作品にガザ母子の写真貼りつけ、対イスラエル武器売却に抗議　英

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】英ロンドンのナショナル・ギャラリーで９日、環境・平和団体の活動家がイスラエルに対する武器禁輸を求め、パブロ・ピカソの名画「母性」に、血まみれになったパレスチナ自治区ガザ地区の母子の写真を貼り付けた。（写真は、英ロンドンのナショナル・ギャラリーでピカソの名画「母性」に、パレスチナ自治区ガザ地区の母子の写真を貼り付ける「ユース・デマンド」の活動家）
　同ギャラリーによると、活動家２人が逮捕された。絵画に損傷はなかった。
　環境や政治をテーマに活動する若者の直接行動グループ「ユース・デマンド」は声明で、ピカソ作品を保護していたガラスのカバーに写真を貼り付けたと述べた。
　ユース・デマンドがＳＮＳに投稿した動画には、活動家の１人が「パレスチナに自由を」と叫びながら、展示室から連行される様子が映っていた。床に倒れたもう１人は、英政府はガザでの「ジェノサイド（集団殺害）に加担している」と抗議していた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/10/10-16:55）

Activists on Wednesday briefly pasted a photo of a bloodied mother and child in Gaza over a Picasso painting at a London gallery, calling for an arms embargo on Israel.
The National Gallery said two people had been arrested by police after an incident involving Picasso's 1901 work Motherhood and that no damage had been carried out.
The Youth Demand group said two protesters stuck a photograph of the mother and child on the protective glass cover over Picasso's work.
A social media video posted by the group showed a security guard taking down the photo. One protester shouted Free, free Palestine as he was frogmarched out of the room and detained.
As he was on the floor, the protester said the UK government was complicit in genocide in Gaza, and that there was widespread support for stopping weapons sales.
Youth Demand has previously protested at the Cenotaph war memorial in London and planned to disrupt King Charles III's speech to open parliament earlier this year.
The National Gallery said in a statement that two people entered the room housing the Picasso. One was apprehended after initially attempting to attach what appeared to be a piece of paper to an artwork. Some paint was thrown on the floor, it added.
Police attended and arrested the pair. The room is currently closed. There has been no damage to any paintings.
London's Metropolitan Police said two people were taken into custody after being detained on suspicion of criminal damage.
Two climate activists from the group Just Stop Oil were last month jailed for 20 months and two years respectively for throwing soup at Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery.
Several other paintings have been targeted in protests by climate campaign groups.