Memoirs of a Brit on Death Row - Tsege Andargachew

Memoirs of a Brit on Death Row is a gripping memoir filled with extraordinary events that seem almost unreal. The author, Andargachew "Andy" Tsege, fled Ethiopia as a young man in his early twenties in 1979 to escape political persecution following the violent revolution of 1974.

In the UK, he studied philosophy, became a British citizen, and made England his home. Despite building a new life, Andy remained deeply connected to Ethiopia and its people, dedicating himself to resisting the oppressive regimes that succeeded one another. He soon became a prominent opposition figure in exile.

In 2010, Andy was charged in Ethiopia with trumped-up accusations and sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment and death. In 2014, while transiting from Dubai to Asmara, he was abducted by Yemeni intelligence officers at Sana'a International Airport, bribed by the Ethiopian government. Blindfolded and handcuffed, he was transported to Ethiopia, where he was placed in solitary confinement.