Museums and auction houses should not hold human remains, UK lawmakers say
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Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the sale of human body parts in auction houses.
Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the sale of human body parts in auction houses. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations (APPG-AR), which is made up of parliamentarians, campaigners and community members, released a report Wednesday calling for a ban on the sale and display of ancestral remains, including Egyptian mummies. At present, the law that regulates the storage and use of human remains in the UK only requires consent for acquiring and holding body tissue from people under 100 years old. The Human Tissue Act 2004 also only prohibits people from buying, selling and possessing body parts for transplantation. The report, titled “Laying Ancestors to Rest,” outlined the distress caused to diaspora communities by British institutions holding ancestral remains, many of which were taken during colonial rule. “The mummified person has historically been traded among the upper classes of Britain and France as a luxurious commodity, also featuring as entertainment in British ‘mummy unwrapping parties’ in the 19th century,” the report said.
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