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
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Alison Des Forges