🔒 Abu Salim prison

Libya · Africa · 32.83°N, 13.17°E

Abu Salim prison is a maximum security prison in Tripoli, Libya. The prison was notorious during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi for alleged mistreatment and human rights abuses, including a massacre in 1996 in which Human Rights Watch estimated that 1,270 prisoners were killed.

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Country	Libya
Continent / region	Africa
Coordinates (approx.)	32.83°N, 13.17°E · view on map

Abu Salim prison is located in Libya, in Africa.

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