Black Beach

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Black Beach, located on the island of Bioko, in the capital city of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, is of one of Africa's most notorious prisons.

Contents 1 Feared reputation 2 Noted individuals linked with the prison 2.1 Former governor 2.2 Prisoners 3 References 4 External links

[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.

[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

[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

Coordinates: 3°45′25″N 8°47′20″E / 3.757°N 8.789°E / 3.757; 8.789

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