Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

New report calls for return of human remains – but UK museums lack the resources to act

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par William Carruthers, Lecturer, School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Essex

The display of human remains in museums has long been a contentious issue. Last week, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations (APPG-AR) published a report on the African human remains collected by British museums during, and due to, colonialism and the slave trade.

Introduced by the MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy (the APPG-AR’s chair), and produced by Afford (The African Foundation for Development), the publication of the report, Laying…

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