Beaches · Scottish Highlands
Black Beach
Black Beach is a beach in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Summer (Jun–Aug)
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Black Beach is a named beach on the United Kingdom coastline. Coordinates: 56.5294°, -6.2275°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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From the Wikipedia article
Black Beach (Spanish: Playa Negra) is a prison located on the island of Bioko, in the former capital city of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. It is considered one of Africa's most notorious prisons. The prison has a reputation of systemic brutality and negligence towards the prisoners. Medical care is often denied to prisoners and food rations are scarce, despite the United Nations' Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners requiring minimal medical treatment for all prisoners. Torture, beatings, and rape are commonplace in the prison, as well as forced labor. Visitation of inmates is subject to a fee. The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is a former Governor of Black Beach Prison.
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Background
History
The prison was built in the 1940s during the time of the Spanish colonial rule. At first, common criminals were imprisoned here, but after the independence of the country in 1968 and the establishment of the dictatorship of Francisco Macías Nguema, many political opponents were imprisoned and killed in the prison, including Bonifacio Ondó Edu and Edmundo Bossio. Initially, the methods of execution and torture in the prison consisted of firing squad, garrote, machetes, electrocution, and hanging but they got progressively more brutal over time.
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- Coordinates
- 56.5294, -6.2275
- District
- Argyll and Bute
- Postcode
- PA74 6NH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Sources
- osm: n11968956821 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Black Beach (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Black Beach?
- Black Beach is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PA74 6NH).
- Is Black Beach free to visit?
- Yes, Black Beach is free to enter.
- How do I get to Black Beach?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PA74 6NH. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.