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December 6, 2018

Call for Kenyan prosecuted with assistance of British authorities to receive fair hearing

A British woman kidnapped in Kenya with her husband who was killed, has called for the man accused in her ordeal to be given a fair hearing.
September 2, 2016

Johnson refuses to act on Briton unlawfully detained in Ethiopia

The Foreign Secretary has refused to request the release of a British father who yesterday (1 September 2016) spent his 800th day in unlawful detention in Ethiopia, after being kidnapped and rendered to the country by Ethiopian forces in 2014.
June 2, 2016

Foreign Secretary fails to request kidnapped Briton's release

The Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says he used a visit to Ethiopia yesterday (1 June 2016) to secure ‘legal access’ for a British man who was kidnapped and rendered to the country in 2014, and who is now held under sentence of death.
March 22, 2016

UK ‘training Ethiopian forces’ linked to Briton's kidnap

The UK government is providing funding to help train Ethiopian security forces, despite evidence of their involvement in the kidnap and rendition of a British man who is now held under sentence of death.
March 18, 2016

David Cameron writes to Ethiopia amid fears for death-row Briton

David Cameron has intervened twice to secure UK access to a Briton who was kidnapped by Ethiopian forces in 2014, it has emerged, amid Foreign Office concerns that there has been “no substantive progress” on the case.
February 17, 2016

Kidnapped Briton spends 600th day in illegal detention

A British father of three who was kidnapped to Ethiopia in 2014 has spent his 600th day in detention.
October 15, 2007

Two Catholic priests kidnapped in northern Iraq

The Pope and human rights groups have joined calls for the release of two Catholic priests kidnapped in Mosul, northern Iraq, on Friday 12 October 2007, Syrian Catholic Church head Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa has briefed reporters.