Paul Rusesabagina, the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country's 1994 genocide is detained and paraded in front of media in handcuffs at the headquarters of Rwanda Investigation Bureau in Kigali, Rwanda August 31, 2020. [Reuters]Rwanda said it had arrested 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 the 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. He said Rusesabagina would face several charges including “terrorism, financing terrorism ... arson, kidnap and murder.” The bureau said on Twitter he had been arrested “through international cooperation”, and had been the subject of an international arrest warrant, without going into further details. He has drawn criticism from some genocide survivors and Kagame who accused him of exploiting the genocide for commercial gain.

Source: Standard Digital September 01, 2020 10:18 UTC