ANDARGACHEW TSIGE

Early day motion 776, tabled 9 February 2015 by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour). Signed by 25 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 16, DUP 2, Independent 2, Liberal Democrat 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1.