Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), on Monday, 9 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 25 members in total.

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ANDARGACHEW TSIGE

That this House congratulates Mr Andargachew Tsige on his 60th birthday; regrets that this is being spent in prison in Ethiopia; is aware that Mr Tsige, who is a British citizen, was tried in absentia, sentenced to death and later illegally removed from Yemen to Ethiopia, where he is now being held incommunicado at an undisclosed location; acknowledges that only two British consular visits have been permitted; is shocked that the Ethiopian government has refused requests by British parliamentarians, including his constituency MP, the hon. Member for Islington North, to visit him; and calls on the Government to put all possible pressure on the Ethiopian government to secure his immediate release.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

776 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Alan Meale

Mark Durkan

Mike Hancock

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Subjects

Africa Human rights

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk