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Craig Murray: Formal Evidence Session on UK Complicity in Torture

Jon on behalf of Craig Murray | 27.04.2009 11:08 | Terror War | World

On Tuesday 28th April 1:45pm, former British Ambassador Craig Murray will give evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights regarding British complicity with recent torture around the world. Craig Murray will argue that it is not the security service operatives, but the Ministers who set the policy – and specifically Jack Straw – who should be facing criminal charges.

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Thatcher Room
Portcullis House
Tuesday 28 April 1.45pm
Formal Evidence Session on UK Complicity in Torture
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
Witness: Craig Murray, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan
(currently Rector of the University of Dundee).

In 2004, Craig Murray told us that:

- The British Government was complicit in the most vicious forms of torture
- He had been the victim of a lurid smear campaign initiated by New Labour
- The government was lying about all this

In 2004, much of the public and media was not willing to accept that the government would cooperate with torture or with false allegations against an innocent man. Many still had trust in the basic honesty and decency of government.

The evidence that Craig Murray was telling the truth about torture has now become overwhelming, including from the case of Binyam Mohammed. The UK “benefited” continually from intelligence passed on from the CIA waterboarding programme and from torture in countries including Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Egypt.

Craig Murray suffered the most high profile sacking of any British Ambassador for a century. But in 2005 the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee refused to hear him in evidence, despite allowing Jack Straw to appear and attack him.

Astonishingly, this is the first time Craig Murray will ever have been allowed to give formal evidence in the UK on his grave allegations, and be questioned on the truth of his testimony.

As the Scotland Yard investigation proceeds into MI5 and MI6 collusion in 16 cases of torture, Craig Murray will argue that it is not the security service operatives, but the Ministers who set the policy – and specifically Jack Straw – who should be facing criminal charges.

Contact: Craig Murray on 07979 691085 or  craigmurray@mail.ru
Transcript of Craig Murray's formal evidence statement is at  http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2009/03/trying_again_my.html

Word format:  http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/craigjhrc.doc
PDF format:  http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/craigjhrcpdf.pdf

Jon on behalf of Craig Murray
- e-mail: craigmurray {at} mail.ru

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Addition: help promote this in the mainstream media

27.04.2009 11:44

Craig also adds:

I need help to get this out to the mainstream media. Can you spare half an hour on Sunday or Monday to do that? Things you might do are:

- Find email addresses or fax numbers for newsrooms at newspapers, press and broadcast media and news agencies
- Send them a copy of the press release, and then telephone to make sure that somebody reads it
- Research on the internet reporters who have covered torture and extraordinary rendition, and send copies to them
- Speak with any journalist you have any contact with, alert them to the story and get them to pass it on to a suitable colleague
- Do not forget the Scottish media, political magazines and journals, specialist broadcasters, regional media and international correspondents in London
- Send copies to relevant NGOs - again following up with a phone call
- Rope in anyone with media experience and contacts you know to help
- Spread the news on the internet

Do not worry too much about duplication - it may be helpful, and there is much greater danger of too little being done than too much. I am sorry I am always asking you for help, but there is only one of me!

The parliamentary TV service is filming the hearing, so there will be footage and pictures available. It will also be webcast by parliament, though whether live or not I do not know.

You can cut and paste the press release, or it should be available in word and pdf here.

Jon


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