Kaliti Prison

Kaliti Prison
Location Ethiopia
Coordinates 8°54′51″N 38°45′52″E / 8.914189°N 38.764308°E / 8.914189; 38.764308
Status Operational
Population Approximately 8,000[1] (as of 2012)
City Akaky Kaliti, a subcity within Addis Ababa, the capital
Notable prisoners
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Location of Kaliti Prison within Addis Ababa
Location within Akaky Kaliti, one of the subcities of Addis Ababa

Kaliti Prison, Kaliti Jail, or Kality Prison, is a notorious state prison in Akaky Kaliti, around 25 km from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[2][3] Commonly referred to as a gulag, it is located on the southern edge of the city and serves as the main prison of Ethiopia.[4]

Around 2012, the prison held approximately 8,000 inmates.[1] A 2009 Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) report described overcrowding in the prison with hundreds of inmates being held in single, poorly ventilated cells. They reported that individuals were exposed to tuberculosis, fleas, lice, that there was a lack of sanitation, that water for drinking and washing was insufficient, that inmates had to sleep on cold, concrete floors, and that access to medical care was nearly absent. They also reported that "complaints against all these human rights violations being severely punishable".[5] Personnel at the prison are known to have tortured inmates.[6]

Siye Abraha, a leader of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front stated he believed that around 99% of Kaliti's prisoners are Oromo.[7] Within the prison there are 8 zones (however zone 8 is not in use according to the recollection of Martin Schibbye). The group Zone 9 bloggers is named after a non-existent ninth zone.[8]

Part of the prison consists of sheet-metal shacks arranged in a dense maze.[9]

Layout

Notable inmates

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "438 Days Imprisoned in Ethiopia: Journalist Recounts Facing Arrest, Mock Execution & Terror Charges". Democracy Now!.
  2. ↑ "Three Generations of Prisoners in Ethiopia Today" (PDF). Ethiopians.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Letter to Kaliti Prison". sampsoniaway.org.
  4. ↑ "Thousands of Muslims in Ethiopia visit their representatives in Kaliti". awrambatimes.com.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "438 Days Imprisoned in Ethiopia: Journalist Recounts Facing Arrest, Mock Execution & Terror Charges"., an interview with Martin Schibbye at Democracy Now!
  7. 1 2 "Partial list of Political prisoners from Kaliti, Kilinito, Maikelawi and Zuway Prisons of Ethiopia". Satenaw-Latest Ethiopian News & Breaking News.
  8. ↑ Simona Foltyn (20 April 2015). "Ethiopian bloggers on trial in case seen as crackdown on free expression". Washington Post.
  9. 1 2 Nancy Macdonald. "Beloved, and behind bars". Macleans.ca.
  10. ↑ "Tewodros Kassahun aka Teddy Afro sets for first major concert in Addis Ababa Stadium". ethiogrio.com.
  11. ↑ "Oromo rights activist dies in Kaliti jail". addisvoice.com.
  12. ↑ "Befeqadu Hailu - THE ETHIOPIA OBSERVATORY". ethiopiaobservatory.com.
  13. ↑ "Eskinder Nega’s letter from Kaliti Prison". debirhan.com.
  14. ↑ "Swedish journalist Martin Schibbye’s personal story of life in Addis Ababa’s notorious Kaliti prison". ayyaantuu.com.
  15. ↑ "Kaliti Prison: An eye-witness account". ethiomedia.com.
  16. ↑ "438 Days Imprisoned in Ethiopia: Journalist Recounts Facing Arrest, Mock Execution & Terror Charges". zehabesha.com.
  17. ↑ "Ethiopia: Jailed hero journalist Woubshet Taye off to Zeway death camp". Ethiopia News and Politics.
  18. ↑ "Ethiopia: Torturing and ethnic slur on Amhara prisoners". Ethiopia News and Politics.
  19. ↑ "2013 list of political prisoners held at Kaliti" (PDF). Oromoliberationfront.org. Retrieved 2015-08-11.

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