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