{
  "id": 11896713,
  "title": "Rwandan genocide hunter Dafroza Gauthier dies after long battle for justice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/rwandan-genocide-hunter-dafroza-gauthier-dies-after-long-battle-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T09:40:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20261004-dafroza-gauthier-dead-rwanda-genocide-hunter-france"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dafroza Gauthier, who spent spent decades tracking down Rwandans in France accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide, has died from cancer at the age of 72. By filing a string of civil lawsuits against suspected fugitives, she and her husband Alain pushed the French legal system to hold them to account.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "'Rwandan genocide hunter' Dafroza Gauthier dies at 72",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/rwandan-genocide-hunter-dafroza-gauthier-dies-at-72",
        "published": "2026-10-04T12:12:24.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}