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Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh "handpicked" women whom he would rape or sexually coerce, offering cash, gifts and other privileges in exchange, international rights groups said on Wednesday.
"Yahya Jammeh treated Gambian women like his personal property," said US attorney Reed Brody of Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Jammeh ruled the tiny West African state for 22 years before fleeing to Equatorial Guinea after losing elections to opposition candidate Adama Barrow in December 2016.https://www.france24.com/en/20190626...rape-abuse-hrwJammeh had "protocol girls" who were required to be on call to provide him with sex, according to their report, issued in Dakar, the capital of neighbouring Senegal.
He "handpicked young women to satisfy his sexual fantasies," according to a top aide quoted in the report.
As an inducement, he would lavish gifts on them or provide support for their impoverished families or offer a scholarship to study abroad.
They were required to live next to his residence and were barred from leaving without his authorisation -- and if they refused his sexual demands, he would threaten them or hit them.
The "protocol girls" were overseen by his female cousin, Jimbee Jammeh, who also procured other women for him, the report said. She fled with him to Equatorial Guinea.
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