Ana Gomez faults the British on Andargachew Tsige case

 

Member of the European Parliament Ana Gomez blamed London for being soft on Ethiopia and, in particular, for the extradition of British national Andargachew Tsege. The MP made the remarks in an EU Parliament subcommittee hearing that focused on Andargachew Tsege, who was second-in-command of the rebel group Ginbot 7. The man was detained on June 23 at Sana’a international airport, Yemen, when he was transiting to Eritrea, and subsequently extradited to Ethiopia. Andargachew’s detention became public knowledge after a week, when his group issued a statement. Another week passed before Ethiopia confirmed that the Yemenis extradited him, while the Yemeni are silent to date. During the two weeks of information black-out the British claimed that they were “press[ing] the Yemeni authorities at senior levels to establish [Andargachew's] whereabouts”. It was on July 8, the same day that Ethiopia confirmed to have the man in custody, Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed the extradition. Ms. Gomez, however, is of the opinion that the British had been feigning ignorance in those two weeks. In a meeting of EU Parliament’s subcommittee on Human Rights, on Sept. 24, Gomez said: “I can’t imagine that this rendition could have taken place without the British [...]
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 Source:: Danielberhane