By Johnson Kanamugire More by this AuthorA court in Kigali will begin hearing the case of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Paul Rusesabagina on Monday after prosecutors appealed against his 25-year prison sentence, saying it was “lenient”. The prosecution appealed against a September 20, 2021 that found Rusesabagina guilty of eight charges following a seven-month long trial. Rusesabagina, a former hotelier-turned-political activist, rose to fame after a 2004 Hollywood movie, Hotel Rwanda, that depicted his heroic acts in saving Tutsis during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Callixte Nsabimana, aka, Sankara, one of his 20 co-accused who is former spokesperson and commander of the FLN rebels, was handed 20 years in prison, alongside seven other convicts. They were found guilty of crimes, including being members of a terror group, committing terror acts, mobilisation and illegal use of explosives.

Source: Daily Nation January 17, 2022 11:36 UTC