NAIROBI - Rwandan Justice Minister Johnston Busingye said in an interview broadcast Friday that Kigali had paid for the plane that brought the hero of the hit movie Hotel Rwanda to his home country to be arrested and tried. A critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame since he left Rwanda to live abroad, Paul Rusesabagina, 66, appeared in Kigali under arrest in mysterious circumstances last August and is now on trial for charges including terrorism. "The government paid" to return Rusesabagina to Rwanda with the help of someone who knew him, Busingye told Al Jazeera's UpFront program, produced in the U.S. “In international criminal law, luring people into places where they can be brought to justice has happened and happened in many jurisdictions,” he added. In a statement, the justice ministry confirmed that the country "facilitated the journey" that brought the accused to Rwanda and insisted that "his rights were not violated at any point" in the legal arrest.

Source: Ethiopian News February 27, 2021 00:45 UTC