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Stanhope Hall, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5264
Telephone 609-258-3601; Fax 609-258-1301March 15, 2000
Contact: Deanna K.G. Ferrante, 609-258-1651
MEDIA ALERT: Speaker on Rwandan Genocide
WHO: MacArthur Fellow Alison Des Forges, author of Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda
WHAT: Lecture on "Ignoring Genocide: The International Community and Rwanda, 1994." The lecture is free and open to the public.
WHEN: Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Bowl 2 in Robertson Hall, on the Princeton University campusAlison Des Forges, winner of a 1999 MacArthur Fellowship, directs research on Rwanda and Burundi for Human Rights Watch. She serves as an expert witness to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and has provided evidence to judicial authorities in several countries. She has also assisted U.N. officials and others investigating the Rwandan genocide.
As co-chair of the 1993 International Commission of Investigation into Human Rights Abuse in Rwanda, Des Forges reported on government-organized massacres of Tutsi before the 1994 genocide. She also chaired the 1994 International Commission that investigated massive slaughter in Burundi following the assassination of President Mechior Ndadaye.