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'''Murder in Samarkand''' is a non-fiction book by British activist and former ambassador to [[Uzbekistan]] [[Craig Murray]]. The book<ref name="BOOK">{{cite web|url=http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/documents/docs.html|title=Murder in Samarkand -— Documents|publisher=Craig Murray|accessdate=2008-07-18}}</ref> forms a account of Murray's controversial ambassadorship at the UK embassy in [[Tashkent]] in 2002–20042002–04. The tale explains how Murray sacrificed his diplomatic career to speak out against the [[Government of Uzbekistan|Karimov administration]]'s suppression of [[human rights]] and British double standards over torture in [[Iraq]].