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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.
13 de mar. de 2013 · Abstract. 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.
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 ...
The resolution also committed the Commission to the remembrance of the abuses of the Red Terror, and the recognition of the fact that the site of the new AU Conference and Office Complex was the historical location of the former Addis Ababa prison, Alem Bekagn, the site of atrocities prior to, and during Dergue rule, in Ethiopia.
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.
21 de oct. de 2020 · For all the victims of human rights abuses in Africa, including those of the slave trade and colonialism, and particularly the genocide in Rwanda (1994), the Alem Bekagn prison massacres (1937 and 1974), the Red Terror (1977-78) in Ethiopia and Apartheid in South Africa.
