{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/33209.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":33209,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Petition to remove the Banning Restrictions regarding Dr Steve best Phd entry into the United Kingdom","background":null,"additional_details":"Dr Steve Best.P.h.d and Resident Associate Professor of the  Department of Philosophy at the University of Texas was barred entry from the united kingdom\r\n\r\nDr best who has no criminal convictions who has previously entered the united kingdom back in 2004\r\n\r\nDr Best was given a life time ban in the united kingdom in 2006 given some of the reasons for his \"academic\" knowledge of the animal liberation movement\r\nThe ban was upheld in 2011\r\n\r\nOver the years Dr Best has published 10 books, over 100 articles and reviews, spoken in over a dozen countries, interviewed with media throughout the world.\r\n\r\n In recent years he has become well known for his advocacy of “total liberation” in which he seeks to draw parallels between the various human, animal and earth liberation struggles.\r\n\r\nWe the undersigned Demand the IMMEDIATE removal of you're banning order resolving Dr Steve Best\r\n\r\nWe Demand that Dr Steve Best Is Allowed entry and re entry into the united kingdom\r\n","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-04-23T08:15:11.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:07.709Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:38:23.377Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-04-23T08:15:11.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}