{"id":12781,"date":"2018-05-29T10:10:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T10:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reprieve.org.uk\/?post_type=update&#038;p=12781"},"modified":"2021-03-22T10:55:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T10:55:53","slug":"andy-tsege-is-pardoned-by-ethiopia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2018\/05\/29\/andy-tsege-is-pardoned-by-ethiopia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Andy Tsege released in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>UPDATE:&nbsp;Andy Tsege has now been released from prison and is now with his family in Ethiopia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British citizen Andy Tsege has received a pardon from the Ethiopian Government and been released after almost four years on death row in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andy Tsege&#039;s family and Reprieve&#039;s Maya Foa discuss his pardon on Victoria Derbyshire\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xMLAset6v2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After four unbelievably hard years for&nbsp;on&nbsp;death row&nbsp;this is wonderful news for Andy, his partner and their children. The new Ethiopian government should be recognised for what they have done today. The most important thing now&nbsp;is that&nbsp;Andy is able to reunite with his family&nbsp;as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI am so thankful that the pain and anguish my children have had to go through could now soon be&nbsp;coming to an end. Helawit, Yilak and Menabe have spent too long without their father and we are all hoping&nbsp;Andy will be free to come home to us&nbsp;soon.\u201d<\/p><cite><em><strong>Yemi&nbsp;Hailemariam,&nbsp;Andy\u2019s partner<\/strong><\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy was originally sentenced to death in his absence in 2009 while he was living in London with his family on charges that were widely seen as politically motivated. 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