Murder in Samarkand: Difference between revisions

The book was originally published by Mainstream (Edinburgh) in 2006 but only after several battles. Before its publication, many potential readers had been contacted through Internet posts and e-mail listings to raise interest and by creating a body of public opinion, to guard against the publisher being 'bullied' out of printing the book by government pressure. These communications also mentioned how supporting government documents which were originally planned for inclusion had been forcibly removed because of copyright laws. This, despite Murray's assertions that many had received a formal release and thus should have been within the [[public domain]]. Their forced removal, Murray has said, is the government "trying to claw back the very limited gains in [[Freedom of Information]] in the UK",<ref>''Murder in Samarkand'', preface, page 13 (2007 paperback edition)</ref> especially attempts to close websites on which the supporting documents were posted instead. Though many attempts to do this have proved successful, media interest has also meant that the documents frequently re-surface on [[mirror website|mirror sites]].<ref>[http://www.blairwatch.co.uk/node/1200 Craig Murray documents — The media catches on *UPDATED*], ''Blairwatch'' blog, 11 July 2006</ref>