The writer and former British diplomat has been elected to fill the seat on Consortium News‘ board left open by the death last year of the great John Pilger.
Craig Murray, who was a candidate for Parliament from Blackburn, England speaking at a conference in Blackburn this year. (Joe Lauria)
Craig Murray, a former British ambassador to Uzbekistan who blew the whistle on his government’s tolerance of the Uzbek government’s torture program and paid with his job, has been elected to join Consortium News’ board, taking the place of the legendary journalist John Pilger.
Murray is an author and journalist, who was this year interrogated under Britain’s Terrorism Act for writing articles critical of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This is ludicrously seen by the British government as giving support to Hamas, a proscribed organization.
Under the heading, “Your Man in the Courtroom,” Murray filed highly entertaining and informative dispatches from the extradition hearings of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
Murray stood for the House of Commons from Blackburn in the General Election on July 4 but lost. He is in Beirut to cover the war there.