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Irfan Siddiq, who had sent Tony Blair a scandalous letter about tortures in 2006, is appointed as an ambassador of Great Britain in Azerbaijan, writes the British newspaper “The Telegraph.” According to the publication, Siddiq appeared in headlines in 2006, after his letter addressed to Tony Blair was published in the “New Statesman” magazine.

Siddiq, who worked in the private office of Jack Straw, then foreign secretary, wrote that people captured by British forces in Iraq or Afghanistan could have been sent illegally on CIA “torture flights” to interrogation centres. The document showed that the Labour government was aware of secret interrogation centres, despite ministers’ denials,” reads the article.

According to the publication, this incident didn’t affect his career, and Siddiq became the ambassador of Great Britain in Azerbaijan.

“The former Soviet republic (Azerbaijan – ed.) is notorious for its human rights abuses. After Blair was paid at least £90,000 to make a speech there in 2009, he was urged by political prisoners to give the fee to charity,” reads “The Telegraph.”

In fact, CIA planes are called “torture flights,” which transport terrorist suspects to secret torture prisons.