{"id":13553,"date":"2022-03-20T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T16:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/space-conference-erases-name-of-yuri-gagarin-from-event-claiming-to-celebrate-human-achievements"},"modified":"2022-03-20T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T16:59:47","slug":"space-conference-erases-name-of-yuri-gagarin-from-event-claiming-to-celebrate-human-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/space-conference-erases-name-of-yuri-gagarin-from-event-claiming-to-celebrate-human-achievements","title":{"rendered":"Space Conference Erases Name of Yuri Gagarin From Event Claiming to \u2018Celebrate Human Achievements\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Western states have enacted sanctions on Russia since it launched a special operation in Ukraine, and they have not been confined to only financial and trade restrictions. Along with artists, both living and long-deceased, numerous competitions have imposed vindictive bans to make sure that nothing Russian, even cats and trees, avoids punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The Space Foundation, an American non-profit organisation founded in 1983, has renamed its Yuri\u2019s Night fundraiser, named in honour of the first man to travel into space, celebrated Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, \u201cin light of current world events\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The message was later deleted, but the official name of the event was changed to \u201cA Celebration of Space: Discover What\u2019s Next\u201d. The Space Symposium takes place every spring at the Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs (USA). This year the event, which includes various seminars, lectures, forums, auctions, and other activities, is expected to take place from 4 to 7 April.<\/p>\n<p>So far, only one Yuri\u2019s Night event has been renamed. The event usually takes place every year in hundreds of locations all around the world. It\u2019s yet unknown how many of these events will take place this year and whether any of them will change their name in addition to the one that hosts the Space Symposium.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has shocked not only people from the space industry, but also ordinary users, who have called the action \u201creally dumb\u201d. The NASA Watch account on Twitter called it a \u201cbad idea\u201d, with users commenting that it\u2019s \u201ctoo bad the SpaceFoundation\u2019s racial and ethnic biases lead it to deny the story\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wonder how this idea would poll among humans who have seen the Earth from orbit\u201d, another noted.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the Space Foundation event, controversy over the \u201ccancellation\u201d of Yuri Gagarin also erupted in Luxemburg\u2019s Mondorf-les-Bains, where a monument to him was covered up with fabric. According to the city\u2019s mayor, he was contacted by a group of people who demanded the removal of the bust. He justified the decision to hide the monument so as to \u201cend the discussions and protect the bust from potential vandalism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor also said that there is \u201clittle use\u201d in removing the memorial and it would not happen in the future. He noted that \u201cit is clear that the invasion cannot be supported, but that Yuri Gagarin is surely not to blame for it, nor is Russian art\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Western states have enacted sanctions on Russia since it launched a special operation in Ukraine, and they have not been confined to only financial and trade restrictions. Along with artists, both living and long-deceased, numerous competitions have imposed vindictive bans to make sure that nothing Russian, even cats and trees, avoids punishment. 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