Franco-Rwandan campaigner Dafroza Gauthier buried in Reims
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ktpress
Dafroza Gauthier, a Franco-Rwandan campaigner for justice for victims of the genocide against the Tutsi, has been buried in Reims, France. She died of cancer at 72 and co-founded the Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda to pursue suspects in France, reports Ktpress.
Dafroza Gauthier, a Franco-Rwandan campaigner involved in prosecuting in France people suspected of participating in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, was buried on Monday in Reims, France, in the presence of relatives from France and Rwanda, reports Ktpress. A trained chemical engineer, she died of cancer on 3 October at the age of 72.
Dafroza Gauthier co-founded the Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR) with her husband, Alain Gauthier, in 2001. The organisation worked for justice for the victims of the genocide. Her family asked those attending to favour donations to the CPCR rather than flowers or wreaths, according to Ktpress.
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