Give the stolen marbles / sculptures back to Greece.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Those marbles were stolen from The Parthenon in Athens, when Greece was under the Turkish occupation and the Turkish leader gave permission to Lord Elgin to take them. Unlawful. The British Museum says they store them to avoid them being affected by pollution. London has more pollution than Athens.

Year after year after year, Greek people and celebrities ask for the marbles to be returned.

The U.K. government had said that they would give us the marbles back if we had a new, better suited museum to store them in. This, in Greece now we have a new Acropolis museum.

They were given to the U.K. unlawfully and the British Museum is still storing them under false pretences (to save them from pollution).

They are part of our history and culture and all of us (Greek people) want them back.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Return of the Parthenon Marbles through the establishment of an independent body
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Allow the Trustees of the British Museum to accept repatriation requests

Timeline

12 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
24 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Mar 2021

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