The UK Government is training senior members of Ethiopia’s security sector, despite the illegal detention of a British father on the country’s death row. However, the Ethiopian authorities have only agreed to sporadic consular access, while Mr Tsege has been prevented from contacting a lawyer. Ethiopian officials have said Mr Tsege faces no prospect of appealing his death sentence. Commenting, Harriet McCulloch, a deputy director at Reprieve, said:“It’s shameful that the UK is funding Ethiopia’s security sector, when Ethiopian forces are holding a British dad illegally on death row. Boris Johnson must explain why his department is training Ethiopian security officials, but refusing to negotiate Andy Tsege’s return home to Britain.”

Source: Ethiopian News February 20, 2017 11:48 UTC