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|origin = Kanilai, The Gambia | |origin = Kanilai, The Gambia | ||
|occupation = President of the Gambia (1996 - 2017)<br>Chairman of the [[Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council]] (1994 - 1996) | |occupation = President of the Gambia (1996 - 2017)<br>Chairman of the [[Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council]] (1994 - 1996) | ||
|type of villain = Sadistic Tyrant<br> | |type of villain = Sadistic Tyrant<br>Demencial healer<br>Totalitarian Inqisitor | ||
|goals =Rise to power (succeeded) | |goals =Rise to power (succeeded) | ||
Cut off the heads of all the homosexuals in the country (failed) | Cut off the heads of all the homosexuals in the country (failed) | ||
|crimes = Human rights violations<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>Rape<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[Censorship]]<br>[[Arson]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Arms trafficking]]<br>[[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug trafficking]]<br>[[Money laundering]] | |crimes = Human rights violations<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>Girls Rape<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[Censorship]]<br>[[Arson]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Arms trafficking]]<br>[[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug trafficking]]<br>[[Money laundering]] | ||
|hobby = }}{{Quote|If you do it [in the Gambia] I will slit your throat – if you are a man and want to marry another man in this country and we catch you, no one will ever set eyes on you again, and no white person can do anything about it.|Yahya Jammeh}} | |hobby = Enprisonment or Killing Journalists<br>Predicated Islam<br>Sex with beauty queens}}{{Quote|If you do it [in the Gambia] I will slit your throat – if you are a man and want to marry another man in this country and we catch you, no one will ever set eyes on you again, and no white person can do anything about it.|Yahya Jammeh}} | ||
'''Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh''', better known as '''Yahya Jammeh''' (born May 25, 1965) is a Gambian military officer and politician. He was President of the Republic of the Gambia from July 22, 1994, to January 18, 2017. During his long and controversial term, he was accused of numerous human rights violations, restricting press freedom, and violently repressing to the LGBT community. | '''Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh''', better known as '''Yahya Jammeh''' (born May 25, 1965) is a Gambian military officer and politician. He was President of the Republic of the Gambia from July 22, 1994, to January 18, 2017. During his long and controversial term, he was accused of numerous human rights violations, restricting press freedom, and violently repressing to the LGBT community. | ||
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The regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court ordered the Gambia government to produce one journalist who had disappeared. In April 2016, at least 50 people were arrested during a demonstration, and there were fears that Solo Sandeng, an opposition politician, died alongside two others while being held in detention. In July 2016, a Gambian opposition leader and another 18 people were sentenced to three years in jail for participation in the April demonstration. A Gambian diplomat publicly denied that Solo Sandeng had died in custody. | The regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court ordered the Gambia government to produce one journalist who had disappeared. In April 2016, at least 50 people were arrested during a demonstration, and there were fears that Solo Sandeng, an opposition politician, died alongside two others while being held in detention. In July 2016, a Gambian opposition leader and another 18 people were sentenced to three years in jail for participation in the April demonstration. A Gambian diplomat publicly denied that Solo Sandeng had died in custody. | ||
In March 2009 Amnesty International reported that up to 1,000 Gambians had been abducted by government-sponsored "witch doctors" on charges of witchcraft, and taken to government detention centres where they were forced to drink poisonous hallucinogenic substances. On 21 May 2009, The New York Times reported that the alleged witch-hunting campaign had been sparked by the President Yahya Jammeh, who believed that the death of his aunt earlier that year could be attributed to witchcraft, the real reason could be due to the fact that [[Nino Vieira]], a close friend of the Gambian satrap was bloodylly murdered, Jammeh was horrified to share a possiblly fate similar to that of his counterpart and friend. | In March 2009 Amnesty International reported that up to 1,000 Gambians had been abducted by government-sponsored "witch doctors" on charges of witchcraft, and taken to government detention centres where they were forced to drink poisonous hallucinogenic substances. On 21 May 2009, The New York Times reported that the alleged witch-hunting campaign had been sparked by the President Yahya Jammeh, who believed that the death of his aunt earlier that year could be attributed to witchcraft, the real reason could be due to the fact that president of Guinea-Bissau [[Nino Vieira|João Bernardo Vieira]], a close friend of the Gambian satrap was bloodylly murdered, Jammeh was horrified to share a possiblly fate similar to that of his counterpart and friend. | ||
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[[Category:Male]] | [[Category:Male]] |