Court upholds ban on exhibition of plastinated bodies

The controversial exhibition “Real Human Bodies” will not take place in the Beaulieu Palace in Lausanne despite a legal appeal by organisers against a ban imposed by local authorities. On Friday, the Vaud cantonal court upheld the ban on the exhibition in Lausanne.  The court stated that the authorities had a right to stop the exhibition given the lack of information on the origin of the cadavers. Earlier this week, the head of the canton of Vaud announced the decision not to issue a permit for the travelling exhibition, which planned to stop in Lausanne from Friday to Sunday. This decision comes after the Christian Association for the Abolition of Torture and the Death Penalty (ACAT) lodged a complaint regarding the origins of the bodies on display, as well as written certifications of consent provided by the deceased for the use of their bodies in the exhibition. According to ACAT, there is a high probability that the bodies used in the exhibition are those of Chinese ...