Our website use cookies to improve and personalize your experience and to display advertisements (if any). Our website may also include cookies from third parties like Google Adsense, Google Analytics, and Youtube. By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies.

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero was not kidnapped – President Kagame

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero was not kidnapped – President Kagame

CLEMENT UWIRIGIYIMANA RWANDAN President Paul Kagame has denied that his government had kidnapped from abroad Paul Rusesabagina, whose widely acclaimed heroism inspired a Hollywood movie but who has been detained on terrorism and other charges. At a virtual news conference in the capital, Kigali, Kagame did not say exactly how Rusesabagina had been taken into custody but suggested he had been tricked into travelling to Rwanda before he was arrested. "It was not the case," Kagame said, referring to accusations of kidnapping. "There was no kidnap. There was no any wrongdoing in the process of his getting here. He got…
Read More
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s family calls for an international trial

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s family calls for an international trial

NAZANINE MOSHIRI  THE family of Paul Rusesabagina - hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide - has demanded that authorities in Kigali charge him in an international court after his sudden detention, his son has told Reuters. Rusesabagina, a former hotel manager, was played by Don Cheadle in the Oscar-nominated film 'Hotel Rwanda', which told how he used his job and his connections with the Hutu elite to protect Tutsis fleeing the slaughter. Rwandan police said on Monday that Rusesabagina - who called for armed resistance to the now Tutsi-led government in a 2018 YouTube video…
Read More
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s family accuses government of kidnapping him

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s family accuses government of kidnapping him

The family of Paul Rusesabagina - hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide - have accused authorities in Kigali of kidnapping him, speaking out a day after he was paraded before media in handcuffs. Rusesabagina was played by Don Cheadle in the Oscar-nominated film ‘Hotel Rwanda’, which told how hotel manager Rusesabagina used his job and his connections with the Hutu elite to protect Tutsis fleeing the slaughter. Rwandan police said Rusesabagina - who has called for armed resistance to the government - was arrested on terrorism charges on an international arrest warrant. His family dispute…
Read More
Rwanda arrests ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero on terrorism charges

Rwanda arrests ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero on terrorism charges

CLEMENT UWIRINGIYIMANA RWANDA has detained Paul Rusesabagina - the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country’s 1994 genocide - on terrorism charges and paraded him in front of media in handcuffs. Rusesabagina was played by Don Cheadle in the Oscar-nominated film ‘Hotel Rwanda’ which told the story of how he used his job as a hotel manager and his connections with the Hutu elite to protect Tutsis fleeing the slaughter. On Monday, two police officers brought the 66-year-old to the headquarters of Rwanda Investigations Bureau and let media film him and take photographs. Rusesabagina,…
Read More