Ethiopia

August 10, 2015

EU, UK and US lawmakers demand release of Briton held in Ethiopia

A group of legislators from the US, UK and Europe have demanded the release of a British activist who has been held in a secret Ethiopian prison for over a year.
July 15, 2015

Release of man from Britain detained in Ethiopia demanded by UN

Experts at the UNHRC have ordered the Ethiopian government to release Andargachew Tsege, a Briton who was abducted in Yemen and rendered to Ethiopia in 2014.
June 26, 2015

Detention of British man 'undermining UK-Ethiopia relations', says Hammond

Ethiopia’s detention of a British man in a secret location for the past year is ‘undermining’ the UK’s ‘much valued’ relationship with that country, the Foreign Secretary has said.
April 7, 2015

Foreign Secretary refuses to request death-row Briton's release

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is refusing to request the release of a British citizen who was kidnapped and rendered to Ethiopia over nine months ago, it has emerged.
March 10, 2015

Ethiopian tribe starves as dam and land grabs dry up river

Survival International has received reports that the smallest and most vulnerable tribe in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley is starving, as a result of the destruction of their forest and river.
January 27, 2015

UK government refused to intervene for citizen rendered to Ethiopia

The Foreign Secretary has refused to contact the Ethiopian government to protest its abduction of a UK citizen, despite warnings from her staff that the man may be executed.
October 8, 2014

Hunter-gatherers in Ethiopia killed by settlers

Members of a hunter-gatherer tribe are reportedly being hunted down and killed by settlers who are invading their lands in southwest Ethiopia.
August 19, 2014

Family of Briish citizen 'rendered' to Ethiopia calls for his release

The family of a British citizen kidnapped and rendered to Ethiopia in June has called on the British government to secure his release as soon as possible.
June 24, 2014

Aid donors announce investigation into tribal evictions in Ethiopia

Representatives of some of Ethiopia’s biggest aid donors are to send a team to the southwest of the country to investigate persistent reports of human rights abuses amongst the tribes living there.
November 28, 2013

Top human rights watchdog investigates Ethiopia and Botswana

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has called for the forced relocation of tribal people in Ethiopia to be halted, and has raised concerns over Botswana’s Bushmen.