Earlier this month the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, wrote a piece about the British football (soccer) club Arsenal which is in the process of being bought/ruled by the Uzbeki oligarch Usmanov:
"Alisher Usmanov, potential Arsenal* chairman, is a Vicious Thug, Criminal, Racketeer, Heroin Trafficker and Accused Rapist."
After pressure from Usmanov’s lawyers, Craig’s website hoster seems to have removed that post from Craig’s site. Murray explains it here.
I have no idea if Craig Murray is right in his assessment, but I support his right to voice his learned opinion.
Usmanov is free to defend himself against Craig’s allegations by publishing a counter-opinion. ‘Defending’ himself by supressing free speech is not the right way.
Though the Google cache has been cleaned too, copies of Murray’s piece are alive here, here and here, on general USEnet servers in soc.alt.usa (hehe) and elsewhere.
These sources are potentially endangered. The best method against censorship is mass posting. Please help keep Craig’s writing alive and fight censorship by saving, distributing and re-posting more copies wherever you can.