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‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero denied bail during terror trial

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero denied bail during terror trial

CLEMENT UWIRIGIYIMANA PAUL Rusesabagina depicted as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide and now on trial for terrorism, has been denied bail though he had promised not to escape. Rusesabagina, who once called for armed resistance to the government in a YouTube video, was charged in a Kigali court on Monday with 13 counts including terrorism, complicity in murder and involvement with an irregular armed group. The 66-year-old former hotel manager was portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film "Hotel Rwanda" using his connections with the Hutu elite to protect Tutsis fleeing the slaughter. Rejecting Rusesabagina's bail application,…
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