Over 34,000 Sign Petition for Inquiry into Arday Media Coverage
The petition, signed by 30,000 people, says reporters subjected Arday to relentless harassment and urges scrutiny of press conduct.
- On Friday, Jason Arday, the 41-year-old sociology professor at Cambridge University, was found dead at an address in Battersea, London; police are not treating the death as suspicious.
- Arday resigned from Cambridge earlier this month following allegations of plagiarism and fabricated achievements, which he disputed, prompting his family to denounce what they called a "campaign of sustained abuse."
- Lord Woolley, principal of Homerton College, said he met Arday four days before his death, describing a man who felt "hounded" by media coverage he called "a bloodsport."
- The Good Law Project and prominent signatories called for an "immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press," while a vigil is scheduled for Monday evening in Trafalgar Square.
- A fundraising campaign to support Arday's family has reached £89,000 , as activists emphasize that "there cannot be any doubt that racism lay at the heart of this story.
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The petition addressed to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham was also joined by several MPs, who spoke of "mobbing against Jason Arday – an essential element in this was "the color of his skin".
A petition has been launched in Britain by the activist organization Good Law Project demanding a public inquiry into the smear campaign against Jason Arday. The post Britain: Over 30,000 signatures to launch an inquiry into the smear campaign against Arday appeared first on in.gr.
More than 31,000 people signed a petition urging a public inquiry into media harassment.
Cambridge professor Jason Arday stepped back and was then found dead. A petition now demands that the background of the case be clarified.
After the death of 41-year-old sociologist Jason Arday, the pressure on the government is growing in the UK: more than 31,000 people demand enlightenment after a supposedly racist campaign against him.
The color of his skin played a decisive role in the persecution, the activist organization claimed.
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