Abu Salim prison compound (Tripoli)

Libya / Tarabulus / Tripoli
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Abu Salim prison is a top security prison in Tripoli, Libya which is often described as "notorious" by human rights activists and other observers. Amnesty International has called for a independent inquiry into deaths that occurred there in 1996, an incident which Amnesty International and other news media refer to as the Abu Salim prison massacre. Human Rights Watch believes that 1,270 prisoners were killed, and calls it a "site of egregious human rights violations." Western governments largely ignored this and no international inquiry was launched, due to "oil interests".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Salim_Prison
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Coordinates:   32°49'57"N   13°10'27"E

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  • 1200 prisioners were killed here by Gaddafi Guards in June 1996
  • Yes, here i saw my brother for the last time... May God's peace be upon him. May God's peace be upon the other 1200 people and upon their mothers. what's more??? Oh my God.. I still can't imagine the crime.. 1200 young man killed within 3 Hours.
  • الله يرحم شهدائنا الأبرار ويدخلنا معهم جنات النعيم أخي الله يرحمه كان من ضمن ال 1260 شهيد
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