Bagram Theater Internment Facility
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Bagram Theater Internment Facility was a U.S.-run military prison in Afghanistan notorious for the detention and alleged abuse of terrorism suspects during the War on Terror.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bagram Theater Internment Facility canonical | 4 |
| Bagram detention facility | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3237135 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bagram Theater Internment Facility Context triple: [Taxi to the Dark Side, depicts, Bagram Theater Internment Facility]
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A.
Guantánamo
Guantánamo is a Cuban baseball team that competes in the country’s top professional league, the Serie Nacional de Béisbol.
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B.
Joint Task Force-Guantanamo
Joint Task Force-Guantanamo is a U.S. military task force responsible for detention and intelligence operations at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
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C.
Doftana Prison
Doftana Prison was a notorious Romanian penitentiary used during the interwar and early communist periods to detain political prisoners, including future leader Nicolae Ceaușescu.
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D.
Weihsien Internment Camp
Weihsien Internment Camp was a World War II Japanese civilian internment camp in Weihsien, China, where numerous foreign nationals, including Scottish Olympic champion Eric Liddell, were imprisoned.
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E.
Otay Mesa Detention Center
Otay Mesa Detention Center is a privately operated immigration detention and correctional facility located in the Otay Mesa area of San Diego, California.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bagram Theater Internment Facility Target entity description: Bagram Theater Internment Facility was a U.S.-run military prison in Afghanistan notorious for the detention and alleged abuse of terrorism suspects during the War on Terror.
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A.
Guantánamo
Guantánamo is a Cuban baseball team that competes in the country’s top professional league, the Serie Nacional de Béisbol.
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B.
Joint Task Force-Guantanamo
Joint Task Force-Guantanamo is a U.S. military task force responsible for detention and intelligence operations at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
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C.
Doftana Prison
Doftana Prison was a notorious Romanian penitentiary used during the interwar and early communist periods to detain political prisoners, including future leader Nicolae Ceaușescu.
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D.
Weihsien Internment Camp
Weihsien Internment Camp was a World War II Japanese civilian internment camp in Weihsien, China, where numerous foreign nationals, including Scottish Olympic champion Eric Liddell, were imprisoned.
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E.
Otay Mesa Detention Center
Otay Mesa Detention Center is a privately operated immigration detention and correctional facility located in the Otay Mesa area of San Diego, California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detention facility
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military prison ⓘ |
| afterUse | taken over by Taliban after U.S. withdrawal ⓘ |
| closedBy |
Taliban forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Taliban
|
| closureDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
ⓘ
linked to:
Guantánamo
|
| controlledBy |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | human rights organizations ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
lack of due process for detainees
ⓘ
secretive detention practices ⓘ |
| hasDetaineePopulation |
Afghan nationals
ⓘ
foreign nationals ⓘ suspected Taliban members ⓘ suspected al-Qaeda members ⓘ |
| inception | early 2000s ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | U.S. military jurisdiction ⓘ |
| legalStatus | extraterritorial detention site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bagram Airfield
ⓘ
Parwan Province ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Afghanistan Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bagram
ⓘ
linked to:
Bagram Airfield
|
| locatedOn | former Soviet-built air base ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Joint Task Force 134
ⓘ
Joint Task Force 435 ⓘ U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
|
| notableFor |
allegations of detainee abuse
ⓘ
allegations of torture ⓘ human rights controversies ⓘ indefinite detention without trial ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Armed Forces
ⓘ
United States Department of Defense ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| partOf |
War in Afghanistan
ⓘ
linked to:
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
War on Terror ⓘ
linked to:
Global War on Terrorism
|
| securityClassification | high-security facility ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
expansion into Parwan Detention Facility
ⓘ
legal challenges in U.S. courts regarding detainee rights ⓘ transfer of detainees from other U.S. facilities in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| startDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
United Nations human rights inquiries
ⓘ
linked to:
United Nations Human Rights Council
human rights reports by Amnesty International ⓘ human rights reports by Human Rights Watch ⓘ investigative journalism reports ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Central Intelligence Agency
ⓘ
U.S. intelligence agencies ⓘ
linked to:
United States Intelligence Community
|
| usedFor |
detention of terrorism suspects
ⓘ
extrajudicial detention ⓘ interrogation of detainees ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bagram Theater Internment Facility Description of subject: Bagram Theater Internment Facility was a U.S.-run military prison in Afghanistan notorious for the detention and alleged abuse of terrorism suspects during the War on Terror.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Bagram Theater Internment Facility