Date Type Case No Country ETH 1/2015 27/02/2015 Ethiopia JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Health; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Terrorism; Torture; Allegations of arbitrary arrest, forced transfer, incommunicado detention and solitary confinement, torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of a British human rights defender by Ethiopian authorities. According to the information received, Mr. Andargachew Tsege has been detained without charges or trial in an unknown location in Ethiopia since 23 June 2014, when he was abducted and forcibly transferred from Yemen to Ethiopia by unidentified Yemeni agents acting under the orders of Ethiopian authorities. Since his abduction, he has allegedly been held incommunicado, in 24-hour solitary confinement, and denied access to independent medical examination, a lawyer, his family, and unfettered access to United Kingdom Ambassadors. Mr. Tsege has on several occasions been tried; in 2009 this resulted in a death sentence and in 2012, a sentence of life imprisonment. Allegedly, he has not had access to a lawyer since 23 June 2014. Concern is expressed, among others, at allegations that Mr. Tsege was ill-treated in custody at the time of his first arrest in 2005, and that he has since been continuously harassed and persecuted on account of his legitimate political opposition and human rights activities. Grave concern is expressed that the death sentence pronounced against Mr. Tsege and its execution may be arbitrary. Reply A/HRC/29/50 73