Black Beach
| Location | Bioko, Equatorial Guinea |
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| Coordinates | 3°45′25″N 8°47′20″E / 3.757°N 8.789°E |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Population | 80 (as of 2007) |
Black Beach (Spanish: Playa Negra), located on the island of Bioko, in the capital city of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, is of one of Africa's most notorious prisons.
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[edit] Feared reputation
It has a reputation for systematically neglecting and brutalising inmates. Medical treatment is usually denied to inmates and food rations are said to be meagre.[1][2] (The United Nations' Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners requires minimal medical treatment for all prisoners.)
[edit] Noted individuals linked with the prison
[edit] Former governor
The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is a former Governor of Black Beach Prison and his uncle and overthrown predecessor, Francisco Nguema, was executed here.
[edit] Prisoners
Black Beach holds a number of foreign prisoners sentenced for participating in a 2004 failed coup d'etat attempt against the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema.[1] These included Simon Mann, the alleged ringleader,[3] until his presidential pardon on 2 November 2009 on humanitarian grounds.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Sengupta, Kim (2007-05-11). "Coup plotter faces life in Africa's most notorious jail". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
- ^ "Donato Ondó Ondó and other detainees in Black Beach prison". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 2007-06-17. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
- ^ "Mann in the middle of two African dictators". The First Post. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
[edit] External links
- Guillermo Nguema Ela, Donato Ondó Ondó and other detainees in Black Beach prison Amnesty International
- Inside Black Beach prison, the 'hell hole' awaiting Dog of War Simon Mann Evening Standard
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