Paul Rusesabagina was called a hero after ‘Hotel Rwanda,’ now he’s on trial Hotel Rwanda hero stands trial on terror-related charges UP NEXT Paul Rusesabagina thought he was heading to Burundi when he boarded an airplane in the United Arab Emirates on the night of Aug. 27, 2020. But the 66-year-old former hotelier, who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film Hotel Rwanda, landed behind bars in Rwanda s capital. Rusesabagina s whereabouts were unknown for several days until Rwandan authorities paraded him in handcuffs during a press conference in Kigali on Aug. 31. Rusesabagina s adopted daughters, Anaise and Carine Kanimba, were together in Washington, D.C., when they got a telephone call from their brother, telling them about their father s arrest.
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Paul Rusesabagina, the hotel manager who allegedly housed thousands of refugees during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, is facing terror-related charges in Rwanda that could land him a life sentence. Muhizi Olivier/AP, FILE
LONDON Paul Rusesabagina thought he was heading to Burundi when he boarded an airplane in the United Arab Emirates on the night of Aug. 27, 2020. But the 66-year-old former hotelier, who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film Hotel Rwanda, landed behind bars in Rwanda s capital.
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