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Kagame looking at ‘resolving’ detention of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Rusesabagina

Kagame looking at ‘resolving’ detention of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Rusesabagina

RWANDAN President Paul Kagame said there were discussions about "resolving" the fate of Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film "Hotel Rwanda" and is serving a 25-year sentence in Rwanda on terrorism charges. Rusesabagina was sentenced in September 2021 over his ties to an organization opposed to Kagame's rule. He denied all the charges and refused to take part in the trial that he and his supporters called a political sham. Washington has designated him as "wrongly detained", partly because of what it called the lack of fair trial guarantees. Rusesabagina has U.S. permanent residency…
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