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Vigil held in central London for late Cambridge professor Jason Arday
Thousands mourned Jason Arday in central London, and voiced anger over the Cambridge professor’s media treatment.
Published On 18 Aug 2026
Jason Arday’s death is institutional murder
Arday was subjected to a vicious campaign fuelled by anti-Black racism.
‘Spearhead of annexation’: Israel hands West Bank rule to civilian police
Israel’s transfer of West Bank policing to civilian forces cements de facto annexation and empowers settler militias.
UK PM Burnham reacts to death of former Cambridge professor
Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, just days after resigning amid intense scrutiny over his academic work.
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HRW says US civil rights enforcement reduced under Trump: What to know
A new report documents how federal agencies have reduced the number of civil rights cases they pursue as staffing falls.
Jason Arday, former Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism, found dead
Police are treating sociology professor Jason Arday’s death as unexpected but not suspicious.
UN, Palestinian ministry condemn Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes
UN rights office and Palestine Foreign Ministry call days-long Israeli settler siege in Qusra ‘criminal’ and ‘inhumane’.
Trump administration ‘gutted’ federal civil rights enforcement, HRW says
A new report finds key federal agencies have stopped providing oversight of civil rights laws nationally.
‘Burn in hell’: Israeli settlers spread hate through graffiti, attacks
Racist settler graffiti on West Bank homes and schools reveals a brazen ideological drive for Palestinian displacement.
How the US far-right weaponised ‘inshallah’ against Abdul El-Sayed
After his Senate primary win in Michigan, the Egyptian American doctor faced a coordinated digital smear campaign.
