- Alem
Bekagn (Amharic: ዓለም በቃኝ, "Farewell to the World"), or 'Kerchele Prison', was a
central prison in
Ethiopia until 2004.
Located in
Addis Ababa, the...
- on the
morning of 23
November 1974. The
prison was
commonly called Alem
Bekagn – "I've had
enough of this world". The
Ethiopian Revolution started about...
-
family was
imprisoned in
Addis Ababa's
Kerchele Prison, also
known as "Alem
Bekagn". On 23 November, 60
former high
officials of the
imperial government were...
-
Princess Sophia was imprisoned,
mistreated and
humiliated in the Alem
Bekagn Kerchele prison,
Addis Ababa together with her sisters,
other princesses...
- of Harar, they were then
moved to the
Akaki Prison, also
known as "Alem
Bekagn"
which translates to "I have had
enough of this world".
Princess Tenagnework...
-
worsening conditions,
until they were
locked in a 15-foot cell in Alem
Bekagn (the end of the world) prison.
After many
years of
campaigning by the British...
-
using local materials. The AUCC is
built on the site of the
former Alem
Bekagn prison, used
during the
Italian occupation of Ethiopia, and subsequently...
-
former Emperor's
government were
taken from
Menelik Palace and to Alem
Bekagn prison where they were
summarily executed. Lij
Endelkachew had previously...
- set up, and by nightfall, 62
Ethiopians were
tried and shot at the Alem
Bekagn prison in
Addis Ababa. "The
Graziani M****acre
marked the
almost total liquidation...
- Derg
during the 1974 revolution.
Bekele relives his
escape from the Alem
Bekagn prison in
Addis Ababa,
where he
created paintings of the
Chamber of Isis...
