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For those not familiar with Craig Murray: - former British ambassador to Uzbekistan - he accused the Karimov administration of human rights abuses, which he a
by FredericJ 11y ago
For those not familiar with Craig Murray:
- former British ambassador to Uzbekistan
- he accused the Karimov administration of human rights abuses, which he argued was a step against the wishes of the British government and the reason for his removal.
- complained to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office that intelligence linking the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan to al-Qaeda was unreliable, immoral and illegal, as it was thought to have been obtained through torture
- was subsequently removed from his ambassadorial post on 14 October 2004
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Murray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Murray
- hansjorg 11y agoHe also claimed that the US brought people to Uzbekistan to be tortured and that one of the methods employed was to boil people alive. Good times.
- kiba 11y agoThe sad thing is that it isn't especially unbelivable. We know that the US used torture, and this is acknowledged by the government.
- sgnelson 11y agoHey Now, the US NEVER used torture. We let other countries torture the people for us, while we were in the room asking questions and taking notes. (The fact that somebody in the administration somehow thought that was different and acceptable makes me weep.)
- jellicle 11y agoThis is a person who died in the custody of the Uzbekistan government (extremely graphic photo, do not click): http://www.interet-general.info/IMG/jpg/Muzafar-Avazov-4.jpg http://www.interet-general.info/IMG/jpg/Muzafar-Avazov-4.jpg You can decide for yourself what you think the manner of death was, but it wasn't "natural causes". Here's a NYT story on sending people to Uzbekistan to be jailed/tortured: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/world/us-recruits-a-rough-ally-to-be-a-jailer.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/world/us-recruits-a-rough-...
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