Andy Tsege’s family has urged a senior Foreign Office minister visiting Ethiopia this week to secure the release of their dad\u00a0from death row.<\/p>\n
Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood is believed to be attending a summit later this week in Ethiopia; a country with which the UK has a close bilateral relationship. Mr Ellwood told MPs last month that during the visit, he would raise widespread concerns over Andy’s situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe UK government needs to stand up for this British father of three, who was kidnapped abroad and now faces execution in Ethiopia. The Foreign Office must urgently listen to Andy\u2019s family, and use this week\u2019s visit to secure his return home to London. If our government fail him, then Brits abroad just aren\u2019t safe anymore.\u201d
\nMaya Foa, Director at Reprieve<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nAndy is\u00a0a British father of three from London, is held under sentence of death, after he was kidnapped and illegally rendered to Ethiopia by the country’s forces in 2014. He\u00a0is a prominent figure in Ethiopian opposition politics, and his ordeal appears to be linked to a broad crackdown on dissent by Ethiopia’s authorities.<\/p>\n
Reprieve, Andy’s\u00a0partner and children have\u00a0written<\/a>\u00a0to Mr Ellwood, asking him to use his Ethiopia visit to seek Andy’s\u00a0immediate return to the UK.<\/p>\n