Watchdog examining claims key details have not been disclosed about altar tablets it is facing calls to return
The tabots have never been on public display and are considered to be so sacred that even the museum’s own curators and trustees are forbidden from examining them.The tabots have never been on public display and are considered to be so sacred that even the museum’s own curators and trustees are forbidden from examining them.
Campaigners have now submitted a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office arguing that the museum has failed to disclose key details of internal discussions about the tabots in response to a freedom of information request., a not-for-profit organisation that collates information on cultural restitution, submitted the FoI request in August 2023, but says the museum’s reply omitted relevant material while other information was overly redacted.
The British Museum declined to comment. It has previously said that its long-term ambition is to lend the tabots to an Ethiopian Orthodox church in the UK, though clerics have questioned the feasibility of this due to the cost of insuring a priceless object.
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