Rwanda arrests ‘Hotel Rwanda’ inspiration Paul Rusesabagina for terrorism
The 66-year-old has been an outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame for several years
31 August 2020 - 17:57
Rwandan police detained Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotel manager who sheltered hundreds of people during the 1994 genocide and whose story was later adopted by Hollywood, on terrorism allegations.
Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in the Oscar-nominated 2004 movie “Hotel Rwanda”, was shown to the media in handcuffs at the headquarters of the Rwanda Investigations Bureau on Monday. It wasn’t disclosed how Rusesabagina, who lives in Belgium, was arrested...
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