Jammeh Raped Women, Including Gambian Beauty Queen - Report

Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International say three women have accused Gambia's former president, Yahya Jammeh, of rape and sexual assault while he was in office. Former Gambian officials said that presidential aides regularly pressured women to visit or work for Jammeh, who then sexually abused many of them.

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"When I screamed that I was dying, he told me it was fun."’ Fatou Jallow gives a graphic account of how former Gambia president Yahya Jammeh allegedly raped her.

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