(Photo by Cassandra Vinograd / NBC News)
The daughter of
Andargachew Tsige, kidnapped by the Ethiopian regime in 2014 at Yemeni airport
and in death row in Ethiopia has sued the British government, according to
Reprieve, an organization that’s campaigning for his release.
“Lawyers for Menabe Andargachew, 9, a
joint US-UK citizen living in London, have begun judicial review proceedings
against the British Foreign Office over ministers’ handling of the case of her
father, Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege,” the report said.
Minabe “has launched legal
action against the UK Government, for its refusal to request his return,” said
Reprieve.
"My mom said he's
been sentenced to death," Menabe told NBC News as her chin quivers.
"I just don't know if we can get him back in time."
The UN’s Human Rights
Council’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the European Parliament have
previously called for Mr. Tsege’s release, as have US members of Congress. In a
statement published today by NBC News, Senator Ben Cardin, who sits on the US
Foreign Relations Committee, said “Mr. Tsege’s grave case is one of many that
gives cause for concern.”
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