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Hunting down genocide suspects: With the Franco-Rwandan couple seeking justice

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Thirty years ago, more than 800,000 people were killed during the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda. Among them were several dozen members of Dafroza Gauthier's family. A few months later, the young woman and her French husband decided to track down those suspected of taking part in the mass slaughter who had taken refuge in France. Journalists Thomas Zribi and Stéphane Jobert followed the Franco-Rwandan couple in their quest for justice. They bring us this special 52-minute documentary.

In 1994, Alain and Dafroza Gauthier were living a peaceful life in Reims, in northeastern France. He was the headmaster of a secondary school; she was a chemical engineer. The Franco-Rwandan couple had two daughters and a son. But that spring, the last genocide of the 20th century began. More than 800,000 people, most of them Tutsis, were exterminated by the Hutu authorities. Among them were several dozen members of Dafroza's family.

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