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Sep
21
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero jailed for 25 years

‘Hotel Rwanda’ film hero jailed for 25 years

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CLEMENT UWIRIGIYIMANA A Rwandan court has sentenced Paul Rusesabagina, a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide, to 25 years in prison after he was convicted of terrorism charges. Rusesabagina, 67, who was feted around the world after being portrayed by actor Don Cheadle in the film "Hotel Rwanda", is a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame. He denied all charges and said he was kidnapped from Dubai this year to be put on trial. His supporters called the trial a sham, and proof of Kagame's ruthless treatment of political opponents. "Rusesabagina…
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Sep
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Rwandan justice minister fired

Rwandan justice minister fired

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RWANDA’S President Paul Kagame has removed the justice minister but made him ambassador to Britain amid international scrutiny over the trial of Paul Rusesabagina, the hotelier credited with saving many lives during the 1994 genocide. A government statement gave no reason for the dismissal of Johnston Busingye, who had served as justice minister and attorney general since 2013. Busingye was appointed Rwanda's ambassador to Britain, the statement said. Kagame did not immediately name a new justice minister. Requests for comment to government spokespeople and the presidency office were not answered. Rusesabagina was hailed as hero after he used his connections…
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May
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Rwandan deported from U.S. denies charges

Rwandan deported from U.S. denies charges

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CLEMENT UWIRIGIYIMANA A Rwandan woman who was deported by the United States and is facing charges related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda appeared in court yesterday and denied the charges against her. Speaking in a court in the Rwandan capital, Beatrice Munyenyezi sobbed and said: "It's fake. I wonder why," adding that she was a pregnant teenager during the genocide and did not have the power to do any of the things she stands accused of, such as mounting roadblocks where ethnic Tutsis were then killed. Last month, the 51-year-old woman was flown into Kigali, accompanied by U.S. federal…
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May
04
2021
By The African Mirror
‘No grounds to pursue claims of French role in Rwanda genocide’

‘No grounds to pursue claims of French role in Rwanda genocide’

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THERE were no grounds to pursue legal claims that France bore responsibility for enabling the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the French prosecutor's department said yesterday. Rwanda last month published a report in which it said that France was aware that genocide was being prepared in Rwanda ahead of the killings. France's top prosecutor, Remy Heitz, said in a statement that investigations carried out by French authorities could not prove any complicity by French troops in the killings which were orchestrated by the Hutu-led government. Between April and July 1994, some 800,000 people were killed, most from the ethnic Tutsi minority…
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Apr
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Rwanda blames France for enabling 1994 genocide

Rwanda blames France for enabling 1994 genocide

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CLEMENT UWIRIGIYIMANA FRANCE was aware that a genocide was being prepared in Rwanda ahead of the 1994 killings and the French government bore a significant responsibility for enabling it, the Rwandan government said in a report published yesterday. Between April and July of 1994, some 800 000 people were slaughtered, mainly from the ethnic Tutsi minority but also some Hutus. "The message of the Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister today is a key step in getting our two countries closer," a French presidential advisor told reporters on Monday in response to the Rwandan report. Ever since the genocide, critics of France's…
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Apr
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Two deported Rwandans to face genocide charges

Two deported Rwandans to face genocide charges

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TWO Rwandans - one arrested in France and the other deported from the US - are expected to face charges related to the 1994 genocide in which over a million people were killed, many more injured and displaced Beatrice Munyenyezi, who was deported by the United States after serving a prison term for lying on her naturalisation application, faces seven charges related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, authorities in Kigali said. Priest Marcel Hitayezu, who has been living in France,  was arrested this week at his home in Montlieu-la-Garde on charges related to crimes against Humanity and Genocide, according…
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Oct
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Foreign lawyers for ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero say they have been denied access to him

Foreign lawyers for ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero say they have been denied access to him

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CLEMENT UWIRINGIYIMANA FOREIGN lawyers of Paul Rusesabagina, depicted as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, say they have been stopped from seeing their client who is under detention in the central African country. A political dissident who has lived in exile in Belgium and the United States, Rusesabagina was arrested in August after returning to the country and subsequently charged with terrorism and other offences. Attorneys Vincent Lurquin and Philippe Larochelle said in an online press conference their efforts to talk to their client during a recent visit to Rwanda had been frustrated by authorities. Larochelle…
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Oct
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Belgium arrests three Rwandans in connection with 1994 genocide

Belgium arrests three Rwandans in connection with 1994 genocide

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MARINE STRAUSS BELGIUM’S federal prosecutor's office has announced the arrest of three people of Rwandan origin who were charged with serious violations of international law linked to the 1994 genocide. The arrests come as survivors of the genocide have demanded an acceleration in the pace of international justice, and Belgium, the former colonial power in Burundi and Congo as well as Rwanda, seeks to do more to come to terms with its past. Militants from Rwanda's Hutu ethnic majority killed about 800,000 minority Tutsis and Hutu moderates in 100 days during the genocide in 1994. Felicien Kabuga Belgium's prosecutor said…
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Oct
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Family of ‘Hotel Rwanda hero’ calls on United States, EU and Belgium to help free him

Family of ‘Hotel Rwanda hero’ calls on United States, EU and Belgium to help free him

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CLEMENT UWIRIGIYIMANA THE family of Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotelier portrayed as a hero in a film about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, has called on the United States, the European Union and Belgium to appeal for his release from prison in Rwanda. Rusesabagina, a political dissident who lived in exile in Belgium and the United States, was charged with terrorism and other offences last month after he returned to Rwanda and was arrested in August. His case has attracted widespread international attention partly because his story of protecting Tutsi guests during the genocide was made into a popular Hollywood film. Rusesabagina,…
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Sep
26
2020
By The African Mirror
‘Hotel Rwanda’ inspiration tells court he did not direct attacks

‘Hotel Rwanda’ inspiration tells court he did not direct attacks

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CLEMENT UWIRINGIYIMANA PAUL Rusesabagina, the former hotelier portrayed as a hero in a film about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, told his terrorism trial that he had backed opposition groups but denied any involvement in violence. Rusesabagina - who was played by Don Cheadle in the movie "Hotel Rwanda" - was detained in August and charged in Kigali with crimes including terrorism, financing terrorism, arson, kidnap and murder. The 66-year-old, who has attended past hearings in a suit, appeared in court for the first time in a prison uniform of pink shorts and shirt, with his head shaved. He enjoyed worldwide acclaim…
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