Hotel Rwanda hero wants to be tried by an international court
Paul Rusesabagina, who lives in the US, was kidnapped while travelling, according to his sons, on trumped up terrorism charges
02 September 2020 - 16:50
Nairobi — The family of Paul Rusesabagina — hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide but detained in Kigali this week — has demanded that he be tried in an international court, his son said on Wednesday.
The Rwandan government dismissed the demand, revealed by his son, after Rusesabagina, who lives in the US and had been travelling, appeared in handcuffs back in his homeland on Monday. His family said he had been kidnapped; Rwandan officials said he had been arrested on an international warrant on terrorism charges...
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