Craig Murray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Craig Murray

British diplomat

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1958

Place of Birth: West Runton, England, United Kingdom

Profession: diplomat, human rights activist, blogger, conspiracy theorist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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Craig John Murray (born 17 October 1958) is a British former diplomat turned political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger and whistleblower. Between 2002 and 2004, he was the British ambassador to Uzbekistan during which he exposed the human rights violations of the Karimov administration.
This led to conflict with his superiors in the Foreign Office until finally he was removed from the post.
Specifically, Murray complained to the Foreign Office repeatedly that intelligence received by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from the Uzbek government was unreliable because it had been obtained through torture, a fact later confirmed by European investigators.Subsequently he became a political activist, campaigning for human rights and for transparency in global politics as well as for the independence of Scotland.
In 2007–2010 he was the elected Rector of the University of Dundee. His books include Sikunder Burnes: Master of the Great Game (2016), The Catholic Orangemen of Togo (2009), and a memoir Murder in Samarkand (2006).