"[First sentence refers to George Galloway] At least the Respect MP refrained from naming Assange's alleged victims. No such restraint for Craig Murray, a former British diplomat, who denounced one of them by name on Newsnight, violating the British legal scruple that holds that a woman who may have suffered the trauma of rape should at least be granted basic privacy."
— Craig Murray

January 1, 1970

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Galloway, in an online video on the allegations of rape made against Julian Assange, had said: "I mean, not everybody needs to be asked prior to each insertion". On his blog, Murray wrote: "The furore that I 'revealed' her name on Newsnight is a pathetic spasm of false indignation by establishment supporters". Todd Akin was a Republican candidate for the US senate (he lost in the November 2012 elections) who made contentious comments about rape and pregnancy during his campaign.