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Notable prisoners. The Sixty. Alem Bekagn [a] ( Amharic: ዓለም በቃኝ, "Farewell to the World"), or 'Kerchele Prison', was a central prison in Ethiopia until 2004. Located in Addis Ababa, the prison possibly existed as early as 1923, under the reign of Empress Zewditu, but became notorious after Second Italo-Ethiopian War as ...
Construcción. c. 1923. Inauguración. c. 1923. Cierre. 2004. http://www.alembekagn.org. [ editar datos en Wikidata] Alem Bekagn 1 (en amárico: አለም በቃኝ, "Despedida del Mundo"), también se conoce como Akaki Prison o Kerchele Prison, fue la antigua prisión central de Etiopía hasta el año 2004.
Alex de Waal and Rachel Ibreck*. ABSTRACT. The African Union's new offices in Addis Ababa stand upon the the city's former central prison, known as Alem Bekagn, where sands of people suffered and died. This article traces the history. prison and examines efforts to create a memorial at the site.
Alem Bekagn, también se conoce como Akaki Prison o Kerchele Prison, fue la antigua prisión central de Etiopía hasta el año 2004.
26 de ene. de 2012 · The new headquarters of the African Union have been built on the site of Addis Ababa’s former central prison, officially called Akaki, but known in Ethiopia as Alem Bekagn, or ‘farewell to the world’, and the site of detentions and massacres, from the Italian occupation of 1936 to the Red Terror of 1977-78. More people may have ...
11 de nov. de 2011 · Known to Ethiopians as Alem Bekagn, or “farewell to the world,” this plot of land has been a symbol of human rights abuses for three generations. A flurry of activity is underway to finish the main complex — as well as a hotel, parking lots and landscaped grounds — in time for the next African summit meeting in January.
The African Union's new offices in Addis Ababa stand upon the site of the city's former central prison, known as Alem Bekagn, where thousands of people suffered and died. This article traces the history of the prison and examines efforts to create a memorial at the site.
