Rwanda to release 'Hotel Rwanda' hero
Paul Kagame critic, Paul Rusesabagina is to be released from prison in Kigali on Saturday
Rwanda has announced that it will release the human rights activist, Paul Rusesabagina. He was serving a 25-year prison sentence for terrorism in what his family called "a sham trial." Mr. Rusasebagina was portrayed as a hero who saved thousands of Tutsis during the 1994 genocide, in the award-winning film, Hotel Rwanda. He has been a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame in recent years.
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(Picture: Paul Rusesabagina. Credit: SIMON WOHLFAHRT / Contributor)
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