UK requested Andargachew be moved to a normal jail not demand his release.

AFP – Andargachew Tsege, 60, the leader of the outlawed Ginbot 7 group and who was granted political asylum in Britain, was convicted in absentia in 2009 for terrorism, and was imprisoned a year ago after being controversially extradited from Yemen. “Death sentences are very rarely carried out by the court in Ethiopia. His sentence

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Andy Tsege: Fears grow over state of mind of British activist who languishes in Ethiopian jail

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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Andy Tsege: Fears grow over state of mind of British activist who languishes in Ethiopian jail

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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Hailemariam Desalegn responds to UK’s David Cameron on the Tsege case

(Somaliland Press)- Late Friday, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn gave a brief response to UK prime minister David Cameron who pleaded for the life of imprisoned rebel leader Andargachew Tsege. Mr. Cameron has reportedly “written personally” to Desalegn requesting that Mr Tsege be saved from death penalty. In response to local media questions, Mr Desalegn

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David Cameron writes to Ethiopian PM on behalf of British political dissident on death row

Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, a critic of the Ethiopian regime, was kidnapped in Yemen. The Independent By JONATHAN OWEN The Prime Minister has personally intervened in the case of a British father-of-three facing the death sentence in Ethiopia, after the man’s children appealed for his help. David Cameron wrote to the Ethiopian Prime Minister in a bid

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Ethiomedia- “When are you to pull out of Eritrea?” Dr Berhanu – “Why should we?”

Ethiomedia Dr Berhanu Nega (right) with Ethiomedia editor Abraha Belai Dr Berhanu Nega, chairman of Ginbot 7, the Movement for Freedom, Justice and Democracy, was in Seattle recently. He addressed Ethiopians on the progress of Ginbot 7 as well as the overall political situation in Ethiopia. Later in the evening, some friends met Dr Berhanu

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British Government blasted for ‘dodging obligations’ and not pressing for release of Brit on death row in Ethiopia

The Independent By CAHAL MILMO Political refugee Andy Tsege ‘kidnapped’ by Ethopia and possibly facing torture. The partner of a British father-of-three being held on death row after he was spirited into Ethiopia has accused the Government of “dodging its obligations” by insisting it has no grounds for demanding his release. Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, 59, was

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EU Human Rights Committee hearing on Andargachew Tsige

EU Human Rights Watch and Andargachew Tsige http://youtu.be/BwEHQSso51M

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አርበኞች ግንባር፣ ግንቦት 7 እና የአዲሃን ወደውህደት የሚያደርሳቸውን ውይይት ሊጀምሩ ነው

(ዘ-ሐበሻ) የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባር፣ ግንቦት 7 የፍትህ የነፃነትና የዲሞክራሲ ንቅናቄ እንዲሁም የአማራ ዲሞክራሲ ሃይሎች ንቅናቄ ወደ ውህደት የሚያደርሳቸውን ውይይት ሊጀምሩ መሆኑን ለዘ-ሐበሻ በላኩት መግለጫ አስታወቁ። “የወያኔውን ዕድሜ ለማሳጠር በአንድነት እንሰራለን” በሚል ድርጅቶቹ በጋራ ባወጡት መግለጫ “ኢትዮጵያንና ሕዝቧን ካሉባት አዘቅት በማውጣት ሕዝቡ የስልጣን ባለቤት የሚሆንበትን ሁኔታ ለማመቻቸት የጋራ ትግልና መስዋዕትነት የግድ የሚለን ድረጃ መድረሳችንን የወያኔውን

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UK summons Ethiopian diplomat over opposition official’s arrest

Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Britain summoned Ethiopia’s chargé d’affaires on Monday to raise its concerns about the arrest of a British national being held in Ethiopia who has been sentenced to death over his involvement with an opposition political group. Andargachew Tsige was sentenced to death in 2009 in absentia and another trial handed him

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