Dafroza Mukarumongi-Gauthier, who lost nearly all her family in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, tells rapt schoolchildren how she
and her husband have for three decades tracked down genocide suspects who have found refuge in France.
“When we’ve spotted the killer in France, we go to the scene of the crime,” Dafroza tells the French pupils.Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the genocide beginning on Sunday, the couple addressed around 100 high school students in the northern French city of Reims. The Reims students listened to the horrific testimony of survivors, viewed archive images and watched a film showcasing the Gauthiers’ work.
Historical links between Paris and the regime of then Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana — whose death sparked the violence — helped many of those responsible find refuge in France after 1994, the Gauthiers say, blasting French “complacency”.The Collective of Civil Parties for Rwanda, which the Gauthiers co-founded in 2001, is behind the bulk of more than 30 legal cases filed in France against Rwandan nationals.
“It is regrettable that this justice system has relied for so long on the initiative of a few basic citizens like us… It was not until 2019 that the prosecution took the initiative to prosecute and open judicial investigations against people suspected of having participated in the genocide,” Alain notes..“What we do with a trial is rehabilitate victims, say their names and what they were,” she said.
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