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Several people have been jailed there in the over 40 years of dictatorship. Among those imprisoned and tortured are many political leaders such as Rafael Upiñalo (Movimiento),
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It has a reputation for systematically neglecting and brutalising inmates. Medical treatment is usually denied to inmates and food rations are said to be meager, despite the
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spent 6 months in Black Beach until he was released in March 2018 after a police officer admitted to falsely accusing him based on orders from his superiors.
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Black Beach has held a number of foreign prisoners, mainly mercenaries sentenced for participating in a
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against the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. These included
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Guillermo Nguema Ela, Donato Ondó Ondó and other detainees in Black Beach prison
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of the Social Democratic Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS).
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requiring minimal medical treatment for all prisoners.
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in 1968 and the establishment of the dictatorship of
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Index

Black's Beach
Malabo
Equatorial Guinea
Coordinates
3°45′25″N 8°47′20″E / 3.757°N 8.789°E / 3.757; 8.789
Spanish
Bioko
Malabo
Equatorial Guinea
prisons
1940s
Spanish colonial rule
independence of the country
Francisco Macías Nguema
Bonifacio Ondó Edu
United Nations
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
President of Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Governor
Francisco Macías Nguema
1979 coup d'état
2004 coup d'état attempt
Nick du Toit
Simon Mann
Ramón Esono Ebalé
Fabián Nsue
Plácido Micó
"Edición del domingo, 19 agosto 1979, página 15 - Hemeroteca - Lavanguardia.es"

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