{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/780125.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":780125,"attributes":{"action":"Require a prominence and relevance standard for nationality in crime reporting","background":"We call on the Government to require a clear standard requiring news organisations to avoid highlighting nationality, national origin or immigration status in crime reporting unless materially relevant to the offence or public interest. The same standard should apply equally to everyone.","additional_details":"Criminal responsibility is individual. When nationality, national origin or immigration status is irrelevant to an offence, highlighting it can unfairly associate one person’s crime with an entire community and contribute to stigma against law-abiding people. Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010 includes nationality and ethnic or national origins within race. We seek a fair and consistent standard, not censorship. Press freedom, expression and open justice must be protected. Where nationality or immigration status is materially relevant or justified in the public interest, it should remain reportable. If it is relevant, report it; if not, it should not define the crime. Hold individuals accountable, not entire communities.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":15,"closing_date":"2027-03-21","created_at":"2026-08-21T00:01:21.017Z","updated_at":"2026-09-21T23:10:20.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-09-21T11:30:18.201Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-08-21T12:45:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Mohammad Tariq Zamani","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"HO","name":"Home Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":15}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Basildon and Billericay","ons_code":"E14001077","mp":"Rt Hon Richard Holden MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brent East","ons_code":"E14001122","mp":"Dawn Butler MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cambridge","ons_code":"E14001149","mp":"Daniel Zeichner MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Corby and East Northamptonshire","ons_code":"E14001179","mp":"Lee Barron MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Coventry East","ons_code":"E14001180","mp":"Mary Creagh MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Coventry North West","ons_code":"E14001181","mp":"Taiwo Owatemi MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Harrow West","ons_code":"E14001271","mp":"Gareth Thomas MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hendon","ons_code":"E14001279","mp":"David Pinto-Duschinsky MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North West Essex","ons_code":"E14001402","mp":"Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Smethwick","ons_code":"E14001478","mp":"Gurinder Singh Josan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South Dorset","ons_code":"E14001485","mp":"Lloyd Hatton MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Uxbridge and South Ruislip","ons_code":"E14001558","mp":"Danny Beales MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Welwyn Hatfield","ons_code":"E14001573","mp":"Andrew Lewin MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":2},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":3},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":4},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":4},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":2}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}