Nathan Cofnas, academic behind Jason Arday plagiarism accusations, suspended from post

A Belgian university on Thursday suspended a US academic who spearheaded accusations of plagiarism against Jason Arday, the black ex-Cambridge professor found dead last week after resigning over the scandal.
Researcher Nathan Cofnas – a self-defined “race realist” who was himself sacked from his Cambridge post two years ago – posted on social media: “I was just suspended by Ghent University.
“They will almost certainly fire me.”
Without naming Cofnas, the University of Ghent said in a statement...