US EditionUK Lawmakers Call for Ban on Display and Sale of Human Remains
- Lawmakers in the UK are urging a ban on the sale and display of human remains in museums and auction houses, according to a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations .
- The report highlights the distress caused to diaspora communities by institutions holding ancestral remains taken during colonial rule, emphasizing the need for change in current laws regarding human remains.
- Critics, including Paul Boateng, describe the trade of human body parts as an 'abomination' that must end, demanding reform in public collections.
- The British Museum holds over 6,000 human remains but faces controversy and calls for ethical reform, as indicated by a museum spokesperson who claims to treat remains with respect and dignity.
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Putting ethics at the forefront in the use of human skeletal remains
Department of Anatomy researcher Professor Siân Halcrow is collaborating with two biological anthropology colleagues from the United States to review the use of human skeletal remains for teaching and research.
Malay Mail
AlKhaleej Today‘Not commercial objects but human beings’: Calls grow for UK to ban display, sale of ancestral remains
LONDON, March 13 — Some British lawmakers, NGOs and researchers have called on the government to fix what they have described as a “legislative vacuum” that allows museums and other institutions to hold and display African ancestral remains taken during the colonial era. For centuries, African ancestral remains, such as mummified bodies, skulls and other body parts, were brought to Britain and to other former colonial powers, often as “trophies”…
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