Former British Ambassador Craig Murray on Democracy Now!

Introduction by Sean/iNoodle.com:

Please watch, listen to, or read this interview between Democracy Now! host, Amy Goodman, and Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan. Murray was fired from the post after publicly criticizing the US and UK governments for supporting widespread torture in Uzbekistan, a member of the Coalition of the Willing [to Commit War Crimes] in the so-called "War on Terror" [ ... Terror Liberty, Democracy and Humanity].

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Democracy Now!
January 19, 2006

We spend the hour with the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray. The British government has stopped the publication of his book. In a Democracy Now exclusive, Murray tells why he defied the British Foreign Office by posting a series of classified memos on his website. Murray was fired as ambassador to Uzbekistan after he openly criticized the British and U.S. governments for supporting human rights abuses under the Uzbek regime. [Links and emphasis are Sean/iNoodle.com's]

Click here for the DN! interview in video, audio and written transcript formats.

Click here to visit Craig Murray's website.

Click here for Craig Murray's "Damning documentary evidence unveiled. Dissident bloggers in coordinated exposé of UK government lies over torture" post of December 29, 2005.

Click here for the Human Rights Watch World Report 2006, entitled "U.S. Policy of Abuse Undermines Rights Worldwide" (released January 18, 2006)