Alison Des Forges (née Liebhafsky; August 20, 1942 – February 12, 2009) was an American historian and human rights activist who specialized in the African Great Lakes region, particularly the 1994 Rwandan genocide. At the time of her death, she was a senior advisor for the African continent at Human Rights Watch. She died in a plane crash on 12 February 2009.[3]
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Rights Watch's AlisonDesForges Award for Extraordinary Activism in 2016. "Kalpona Akter, Bangladesh 2016 Recipient of the AlisonDesForges Award for Extraordinary...
portrayal of the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsis in 1994. In 2005 AlisonDesForges wrote that eleven years after the genocide films for popular audiences...
of human rights activists working with Human Rights Watch, led by AlisonDesForges, found a mimeographed document in a Rwandan Hutu hut entitled "Note...
science and international relations at Boston University. A protege of AlisonDesForges, he is recognized as one of the top authorities on the Rwandan genocide...
the ICTR. Antwerp and Oxford: Intersentia. ISBN 978-90-5095-533-1. DesForges, Alison (1999). Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda (Report)...
Browning Iris Chang Israel W. Charny Vahakn Dadrian Lucy Dawidowicz AlisonDesForges Debórah Dwork Saul Friedländer Martin Gilbert Gregory Gordon (lawyer)...
critical of fundamental aspects of the Human Rights Watch report by AlisonDesForges, and maintain that she obfuscates the issue of who assassinated Habyarimana...
AlisonDesForges, Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda, New York: Human Rights Watch, 1999, 789 pages. ISBN 1-56432-171-1 AlisonDes Forges...
Genocide in Rwanda, written for Human Rights Watch, Rwanda expert AlisondesForges wrote that despite saving many lives, the RPF "relentlessly pursued...
psychosocial disability. She was awarded the Human Rights Watch's AlisonDesForges Award for Extraordinary Activism. She has been recognised as powerful...
investigative journalist at Mada Masr. He was the 2011 recipient of the AlisonDesForges Award from Human Rights Watch "for upholding the personal freedoms...
stressing there can be no equation between genocide and war crimes, AlisonDesForges of Human Rights Watch says RPF leaders do have a case to answer. "Their...
rights leader Shawn Carlson, science educator Mark Danner, journalist Alison L. DesForges, human rights activist Elizabeth Diller, architect Saul Friedländer...
In 2015, Bader was honoured as a recipient of Human Rights Watch's AlisonDesForges Award for Extraordinary Activism. In the same year, during World Press...
bribery and to leading unfair trials. Senior Human Rights Watch adviser AlisonDesForges said the lack of legal representation was a serious concern. "The...
peacekeepers and international observers went unheeded. As Rwanda expert AlisonDesForges put it, in her report for Human Rights Watch, "the preparations for...
Democratic Republic of Congo. She was awarded the Human Rights Watch's AlisonDesForges Award for Extraordinary Activism. She and her organisation fight against...
in Bossemptélé in the Central African Republic. He was awarded the AlisonDesForges Award for Extraordinary Activism by Human Rights Watch for protecting...
people inside the home at the time of the crash. Among the dead were: AlisonDesForges, a human-rights investigator and an expert on the Rwandan genocide...
Sakharov Fellows Prize in 2016. Was also the 2015 recipient of the AlisonDesForges award for extraordinary activism. Sheila Atim MBE, Ugandan-British...
June 2015 and RwandAir began scheduled flights from the airport. AlisonDesForges (March 1999). Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda – Acknowledging...
Rwanda, this opinion is sharply disputed by Rwandan Genocide scholar AlisonDesForges: "It is beyond belief that Ruggiu did not know [what was going on]...
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