The International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, has admitted he did not raise the case of a British father on death row in Ethiopia at an official meeting with the Ethiopian Prime Minster earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Responding, Maya Foa – Director of Reprieve – said:<\/p>\n
\u201cLiam Fox should not be rewarding a country that imposed a death sentence on a British citizen while he was living at home in London, and then kidnapped and tortured him. The fact that he did not mention Andy\u2019s name at his official meeting with the Ethiopian Prime Minister shows that the Secretary of State is not serious about standing up for British values in his post-Brexit dash for trade deals. Dr Fox should make this British father\u2019s return to his family a condition of any future trade incentives for the Ethiopian Government.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Asked directly about the case of Andy Tsege by Liberal Democrat spokesman, Tom Brake, in the House of Commons this morning, Dr Fox said only that his \u201cofficial meeting with Ethiopian prime minister discussed the need for long term political as well as economic stability as well as the political space.\u201d He did add that the Government had raised Andy\u2019s case in private.<\/p>\n
During his visit to Ethiopia, Dr Fox pledged to double the financial support available for trade with the country, as part of efforts to increase long-term trade links.<\/p>\n
Andy Tsege, a British citizen, has been imprisoned facing a death sentence since 2014, after he was kidnapped from an international airport, illegally flown to Ethiopia, tortured and paraded on state TV. He was convicted in his absence in 2009, while he was living with his partner and three children in London.<\/p>\n
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