Claims government has failed ‘ghost prisoner’ denied access to a lawyer or his familyThe partner of a British man sentenced to death in Ethiopia has accused the UK government of wilfuly ignoring his plight.
Andargachew Tsege was given the death penalty at a trial held in his absence six years ago,in contravention of international law. A prominent figure in an Ethiopian opposition party, he disappeared in June 2014 during a stopover in Yemen while travelling from Dubai to Eritrea, and in what campaigners regard as a politically motivated kidnapping. He was then illegally rendered to Ethiopia on the command of the Ethiopian government,as piece of a crackdown on dissidents and civil rights activists.
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Source: theguardian.com