Paul Rusabagina, known for rescuing more than 1,000 people from the hotel he operated during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the story was later told at the Hollywood movie Hotel Rwanda – he has been arrested on terrorism charges.
The Rwandan Bureau of Investigation (RIB) said in a statement on Monday that the 66-year-old government critic had been arrested at an undisclosed location on an international warrant and taken to the country to face charges of serious crimes, including terrorism and arson. Kidnapping and murder “.
The announcement was made as soon as the officers were brought Rusabagina – in handcuffs and with a face mask – at the RIB headquarters in the capital, Kigali, where he was shown to the press. Rusabagina did not speak to the media.
Rib statement on the arrest of Paul Rusabagina
1. The RIB informed the general public that through international cooperation, Paul Rusabagina was arrested and is in the custody of the RIB.
– Rwanda Bureau of Investigation (RIB_Rw) August 31, 2020
Rusabagina is believed to be the founder, leader, sponsor and member of violent, armed, extremist terrorist organizations, including the Rwanda Movement for Democratic Change. [MRCD] “Police are operating at various locations in the region and abroad,” police said.
In 2004, the scout-nominated film Hotel Rwanda showed Rutsabigina, a Hutu married Tutsi, using his influence as manager of the hotel’s Des Milli Collins, allowing more than 1,200 Tutsis to be housed in hotel rooms. Rousseau’s role in the film was played by U.S. Actor Don Chadley did.
About 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Huts were slaughtered in 100 days in Rwanda from April 6, April.
Rousseau, a well-known critic of President Paul Kagame, has lived outside Rwanda since 1996, including Belgium and the United States. He has won many international honors, including the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was awarded to him by President George W. Bush in 2005.
Back home, however, has been a “highly controversial figure” in Rusabagi, where his status as a rescue hero in 1994 was portrayed by many actors, according to Nicola Palmer, a senior spokeswoman for Kings C, Ledge London.
Rusebagina Hutus v. Tutsis was outraged this time with other genocide warnings, criticizing some of the genocide survivors and Kagame who accused him of exploiting the genocide for commercial gain.
Rusabagina has previously denied the government’s allegations that it financially supports the Rwandan rebels and said it was a victim of the Schmeier campaign.
“The main thing is that these arrests come at a time when international arrests and arrest warrants have been imposed against the Rwandan diaspora in many countries,” Palmer said, adding that this was the third high-profile arrest in the last three months.
“I think what we are seeing is the growing international support for the Rwandan government in carrying out international arrests and war crimes.”
During his years abroad, Rusebagina The Kagame government, which has been in power since 1994 when its military overthrew the genocide regime, called for a “dictatorship” and urged Western nations to stop human rights abuses – denying the allegations.
Once a champion in Western capitals as a reformer, Kagame was criticized for overseeing constitutional changes to prolong his rule and break constitutional voices.
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