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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[1], despite the United Nations' Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners requiring minimal medical treatment for all prisoners.[2][3]Torture, beatings, and rape are commonplace in the prison, as well as forced labor.[citation needed] Visitation of inmates is subject to a fee.[4]
Black Beach has held a number of foreign prisoners, mainly mercenaries sentenced for participating in a 2004 coup d'état attempt against the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.[2] These included Nick du Toit and alleged ringleader, Simon Mann,[7] until their presidential pardon on 2 and 3 November 2009 respectively, on humanitarian grounds. Ramón Esono Ebalé 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.[8]
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), Fabián Nsue (UP), Felipe Ondo Obiang (FDR), Martín Puye of Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island (MAIB) or Plácido Micó of the Social Democratic Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS).[citation needed]
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