In Germany, an artist has unveiled life-size bronze statues of whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz square. The whistleblowers are shown standing on chairs, with an empty chair next to them, on which artist Davide Dormino encouraged people to stand and speak out.

Davide Dormino: “In these sculptures, what I did is to represent the three icons of contemporary — three contemporary heroes, that they have lost their freedom for the truth. So they remind us how it’s important to know the truth and to have the courage to know the truth.”