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Wia military training camp
Location (approx): 15.307097, 39.538465

Wi'a is located south of Massawa on the Red Sea coast. Temperatures are often over 40 degrees (C). Former detainees reported being forced to undertake hard labour.

A former detainee in an underground cell in Wi'a military camp told Amnesty International,

"We couldn't lie down [in the underground cell]. It's best to be standing because if you lie down, your skin remains stuck to the floor. The floor is terribly hot." Former detainee in an underground cell in Wi'a Military camp.

Many religious prisoners of conscience are reported to be detained in Wi'a. In October 2008, Teklesenbet Gebreab Kiflom, was reported to have died in Wi'a prison camp, after prison officials refused to provide him with medical treatment for malaria.