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Prosecutors appeal judgment against 'Hotel Rwanda' hero
The National Public Prosecution Authority is appealing the rulings against Paul Rusesabagina, a staunch critic of President Paul Kagame, and 20 co-defendants,...
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Kigali cancels talks with Belgium over 'Hotel Rwanda' verdict
Belgium's Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes said that despite repeated appeals from Brussels, "Rusesabagina did not benefit from a fair and equitable trial; particularly with regard to the rights of the defence".
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero sentenced to 25 years on terror charges
He was convicted by a high court in Kigali of involvement in a rebel group blamed for deadly gun, grenade and arson attacks in Rwanda in 2018 and 2019.
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero convicted on terror charges
Rwandan prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Paul Rusesabagina, the 67-year-old former hotelier credited with saving over 1,200 lives during the country's 1994 genocide, and whose actions inspired the Hollywood film.
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero to learn verdict in terror trial
Rwandan prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Rusesabagina, the 67-year-old former hotelier credited with saving hundreds of lives during the 1994 genocide, and whose actions inspired the Hollywood film.
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Rwanda leader defends terrorism trial of genocide hero
He said Paul Rusesabagina, now a prominent Kagame critic whose detention and trial has raised global alarm, was in the dock not because of his fame but because people had died as a result of his later actions.
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero's Belgian lawyer deported from Rwanda
Prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Rusesabagina, the former hotelier credited with saving hundreds of lives during the 1994 genocide, and whose bravery inspired the Hollywood film "Hotel Rwanda".
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Verdict in trial of 'Hotel Rwanda' hero set for 20 September
Initially a decision in the highly watched case against the 67-year-old Paul Rusesabagina had been due on Friday but it was delayed without any reason given.
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'Hotel Rwanda' activist's daughter targeted by spyware: report
Numbers of more than 3,500 Rwandans appeared on the leaked records, "indicating that they were potential targets of the software", the inquiry said.
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Life sentence sought for 'Hotel Rwanda' hero
The 67-year-old former manager of Kigali's Hotel des Mille Collines was made famous by the 2004 Hollywood film that told how he saved more than 1,000 people who sheltered in his hotel during the genocide a decade earlier.
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Kagame dismisses 'noise' over arrested Hotel Rwanda hero
Rusesabagina had been living in exile in Belgium until his arrest in August after he boarded a plane to Rwandan capital Kigali when he thought he was going to neighbouring Burundi.
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Hotel Rwanda 'hero' quits trial, says expects no justice
Paul Rusesabagina, whose actions during Rwanda's 1994 genocide inspired the movie, has been charged with nine offences, including terrorism for starting an armed group in recent years that is accused of staging deadly attacks within Rwanda.
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Hotel Rwanda 'hero' goes on trial for terrorism as some call for his release
Family and lawyers for Paul Rusesabagina, the inspiration behind the hit film, say he was abducted overseas and brought back to Rwanda illegally.
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Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina denied bail in terrorism trial
Rusesabagina, who has become a high-profile government critic and has been living in exile for years, appeared last month under arrest in Kigali in murky circumstances, with his family alleging he was kidnapped abroad.
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero charged with terrorism, financing rebels
Rwandan investigators announced last month the surprise arrest of Paul Rusesabagina, a high-profile government critic who had been living abroad for years, to stand trial in his homeland for allegedly creating and sponsoring armed militias.
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Mystery shrouds arrest of 'Hotel Rwanda' hero
His family of Paul Rusesabagina, who had been living abroad since 1996, said he would never voluntarily return to certain prosecution in Rwanda, where he is seen as a traitor and accused of questioning the genocide.
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero's family accuses government of kidnapping him
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 that.
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Rwanda arrests 'Hotel Rwanda' hero on terrorism charges
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.
