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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

March 29, 2017

Boris Johnson refuses help for death-row Briton

The Foreign Secretary has refused to support the last appeal of a 78-year-old Briton, who has spent three decades in a US prison for a crime his lawyers say he did not commit.
March 22, 2017

New GCHQ chief urged to 'come clean' on UK role in US drone strikes

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has announced that Jeremy Fleming will take over GCHQ, the UK intelligence gathering agency that has been directly implicated in assisting covert US drone strikes in countries including Yemen.
March 18, 2017

Boris Johnson fails to secure death row Briton's return from Ethiopia

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has said that on his first trip to Ethiopia, he has received assurances that a British man who is illegally held on death row has been permitted to see a lawyer.
February 25, 2017

Boris Johnson urged to call for end to mass death sentences in Egypt

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, is in Egypt this weekend for talks with the President and Foreign Minister, according to reports.The visit comes amid concerns over abuses in Egypt, including torture and the use of the death penalty in mass trials of people who were arrested in connection to protests.
February 16, 2017

Cross party call for death row Briton's return

A former Attorney General, Lord Chancellor and Director of Public Prosecutions have written to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson urging him to reconsider his approach to a British father on death row in Ethiopia.
January 16, 2017

Boris Johnson’s Bahrain response criticised by human rights organisation

The international human rights organisation Reprieve has criticised the response of the UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, to Bahrain’s execution of three men.
January 4, 2017

Government accused of double standards over Briton in US courts

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is facing claims of double standards after it ruled out helping an elderly British citizen in a US court, despite giving similar legal assistance to oil firm BP.
December 14, 2016

Briton on Ethiopia death row two years without family phone call

A British man on death row in Ethiopia has gone two years without a phone call to his family in London. Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege last spoke to his partner and three children on 14 December 2014.
November 23, 2016

Foreign Office takes two weeks to confirm death-row Briton still alive

The Foreign Office and Commonwealth Office has confirmed that a Briton held on death row in Ethiopia is still alive, two weeks after hearing that his life may be in danger.
November 8, 2016

UK fails to confirm safety of Briton on Ethiopia’s death row

The British Foreign an Commonwealth Office (FCO) has failed for over a week to confirm the safety and wellbeing of a British father held on death row in Ethiopia, despite having received reports last weekend that his life was in danger.