- Black Beach
Black Beach, located on the island of
Bioko , in the capital city ofMalabo inEquatorial Guinea , is of one of Africa's most notoriousprison s. 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.cite web|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2530772.ece|title= Coup plotter faces life in Africa's most notorious jail|publisher=The Independent
accessdate=2007-06-22] [cite web|url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR240032007?open&of=ENG-2AF|title=Donato Ondó Ondó and other detainees in Black Beach prison|publisher=Amnesty International|accessdate=2007-06-22] (TheUnited Nations 'Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners requires minimal medical treatment for all 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 .Simon Mann , the alleged ringleader, has been extradited to Equatorial Guinea. [cite web
url=http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1736
title=Mann in the middle of two African dictators
publisher=The First Post
accessdate=2007-06-22]References
External links
* [http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR240032007?open&of=ENG-2AF Guillermo Nguema Ela, Donato Ondó Ondó and other detainees in Black Beach prison] Amnesty International
* [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23399095-details/Inside+Black+Beach+prison,+the+'hell+hole'+awaiting+Dog+of+War+Simon+Mann/article.do Inside Black Beach prison, the 'hell hole' awaiting Dog of War Simon Mann] Evening Standard
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