Khiam Detention Center

This prison was a former French barrack complex originally built in the 1930s. It became a base for the Lebanese army before falling under control of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) and in 1985 was converted into a prison camp. It was used for the imprisonment and torture of Lebanese civilians until Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000 and the subsequent collapse of the SLA. After the withdrawal, the prison camp was preserved in the condition it was abandoned and converted into a museum by Hezbollah.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons