By JONATHAN OWEN Fears are growing for the state of mind of a British father of three who has languished in a secret jail in Ethiopia for almost a year. Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, who has been sentenced to death, reportedly told the British ambassador during a rare visit: “Seriously, I am happy to go –
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By JONATHAN OWEN Fears are growing for the state of mind of a British father of three who has languished in a secret jail in Ethiopia for almost a year. Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, who has been sentenced to death, reportedly told the British ambassador during a rare visit: “Seriously, I am happy to go –
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By Oscar Rickett Andargachew Tsege, known to his friends and family as Andy, is a British citizen who has been held in a secret prison in Ethiopia since June. The government of the East African country has used its stringent anti-terrorism laws, adapted from British and American ones, to charge Tsege with plotting a coup
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Andy Tsege is accused of being part of a ‘terrorist organisation’ that wants to overthrow the Ethiopian government Dissident was kidnapped in Yemen last June and now is facing the death penalty By JONATHAN OWEN, The Independent Ethiopia has refused to allow a delegation of parliamentarians to visit a British dissident facing the death penalty
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Officials’ fury after Foreign Secretary claims he couldn’t ‘find time’ to help father-of-three facing execution By Ian Birrell for The Mail online Andargachew Tsege was snatched by officials at Yemen airport last June The 59-year-old was transferred to Ethiopia where he is thought to remain Father-of-three moved to London in 1979 from native African country
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JONATHAN OWEN, The Independent A delegation of British MPs will visit Ethiopia next month in a bid to secure the release of Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, a British father of three who is under a death sentence. Mr Tsege, 59, a leading critic of the Ethiopian government who came to Britain as a political refugee more
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By Yilma Bekele Andargachew Tsige was taken prisoner by the TPLF Woyane regime on June 24/’13 while on transit at Sana, Yemen International Airport. He was removed from the airplane and flown to Ethiopia. What was done was against all international conventions and is considered illegal. Ever since then he has been held in secret
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By Ben Rawlence Few political rights exist in Ethiopia and even fewer voices criticise the government. The right to remain silent is one liberty not denied to critics of the Ethiopian government. Most other political entitlements have vanished. This explains the puzzle of Ethiopia’s invisible political opposition: it is so battered and brutalised, tattered and
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BBC on Andargachew Tsige: http://youtu.be/Y0ipj7Qv_9s The family of a north London man who is facing the death penalty in Ethiopia has said the government should be doing more to help get him home.
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CPJ While Ethiopia has proven to be a willing ally in the war on terror and partner in developing successful models to strengthen food security and community resilience, many aspects of its human rights record continue to raise concerns. In recent years there has been a disturbing trend towards repressive interpretations of laws, which have
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