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'''''Murder in Samarkand''''' (published in the US under the title '''''Dirty Diplomacy''''') is a non-fiction book by British activist and former ambassador to [[Uzbekistan]], [[Craig Murray]]. The book<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/documents/docs.html |title=Murder in Samarkand — Documents |work=Craig Murray's blog |accessdate=18 July 2008 }}</ref> forms an account of Murray's controversial ambassadorship at the UK embassy in [[Tashkent]] in 2002–04. 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]].