Defense

Rusesabagina has left Rwanda after getting freed from prison

By Mike Brest
Published March 27, 2023 5:11pm ET
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Rusesabagina has left Rwanda after getting freed from prison
Human rights activist Paul Rusesabagina, whose actions inspired the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda about the country’s 1994 genocide, has left the country after being released over the weekend. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in Rwanda on terrorism charges in 2021 but it was commuted by presidential order after a request for clemency. […]

Human rights activist Paul Rusesabagina, whose actions inspired the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda about the country’s 1994 genocide, has left the country after being released over the weekend.

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