UA: 171/14 Index: AFR 25/003/2014 Ethiopia Date: 4 July 2014 URGENT ACTION ETHIOPIAN ACTIVIST AT RISK OF TORTURE Andargachew Tsige, an Ethiopian political activist in exile, appears to have been arrested in transit in Yemen on 24 June and forcibly...

Andargachew Tsige, Ethiopian-born with British citizenship, was arrested while transiting through Yemen last month. An exiled Ethiopian opposition leader with British citizenship, who was sentenced to death in absentia, has been extradited to...

Agence France Presse ADDIS ABABA: Hundreds of Muslims protesters demonstrated in Ethiopia Friday, demanding the release of 17 of their leaders jailed under terrorism charges last year. “What the government is doing doesn’t solve...

This statement was issued today by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. On the case “A British national, Andargachew Tsege, was reported missing in Yemen on 24 June. Since then UK officials have pressed the Yemeni authorities at senior levels...

Andargachew Tsige, a British national, may face death penalty after extradition from Yemen Martin Plaut theguardian.com, The Foreign Office has been accused of failing to act to prevent the extradition to Ethiopia of an opposition leader...

Top official of the opposition Ginbot 7 Movement, Andargachew Tsige,has been detained by Yemeni officials while transiting via Yemen, ESAT Television has reported.ESAT quoted the Ginbot 7 as saying that there have been ongoing undisclosed discussions...

A Brief hearing yet very late start The dramatic Sunday morning hearing was adjourned before it even started a the court registrar did not show up for the hearing but yet again set to continue as the registrar popped up out of nowhere. The judge...

Honorees of the Fourth Ethiopian Heritage Festival Poet Laureate, Young Scholar and Journalists to be honored: • An Ethiopian Poet Tsegaye Gebremedhin will be honored for his Contribution to the Advancement of Humanity • The Zone Nine bloggers:...