31,000 Sign Petition Urging UK Inquiry Into Jason Arday Harassment After Death at 41
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Updated · Euronews · Aug 17
31,000 Sign Petition Urging UK Inquiry Into Jason Arday Harassment After Death at 41
3 articles · Updated · Euronews · Aug 17
Summary
More than 31,000 people, including several MPs, signed a petition calling on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to open a public inquiry into alleged media harassment of Cambridge academic Jason Arday after his death on Friday.
Good Law Project, which launched the petition, said Arday had faced sustained abuse since his 2023 appointment and argued press coverage of plagiarism claims and attacks over DEI directly worsened his distress.
Simon Woolley, Arday’s former mentor, told the BBC that Arday said last Monday he felt “hounded to death” and “couldn’t see a way out,” while the group said media outlets had been warned privately of suicide risk.
Police are not treating the death of Arday, 41, as suspicious; his family and friends have denounced a long campaign of abuse, and a London vigil is planned as donations for his family near £89,000.