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  "id": 1430748,
  "title": "Calls for UK public inquiry into 'hounding' of ex-Cambridge academic Jason Arday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/calls-for-uk-public-inquiry-into-hounding-of-ex-cambridge-academic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T06:04:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
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    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/17/calls-for-uk-public-inquiry-into-hounding-of-ex-cambridge-academic-jason-arday"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jason Arday, a professor at Cambridge University, has died. His family and friends have spoken out about a campaign of sustained abuse he faced since his appointment in 2023, according to Euronews.\n\nArday was appointed as a professor of sociology at Cambridge University in 2023. At the time, he was the youngest black professor at the university. According to The Citizen, in 2021, only 155 of more than 23,000 UK professorships were held by black people.\n\nThe police are not treating Arday's death as suspicious. His family and friends have denounced the abuse he faced.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Calls for UK inquiry into ‘hounding’ of former Cambridge academic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/calls-for-uk-inquiry-into-hounding-of-former-cambridge-academic",
        "published": "2026-08-17T02:22:06.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "'Vicious witch hunt': Calls grow for inquiry into media scrutiny of late Cambridge professor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/vicious-witch-hunt-calls-grow-for-inquiry-into-media-scrutiny-of-late",
        "published": "2026-08-17T03:28:44.000Z"
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        "title": "Calls for UK inquiry into 'hounding' of ex-Cambridge academic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/calls-for-uk-inquiry-into-hounding-of-ex-cambridge-academic",
        "published": "2026-08-17T06:30:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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