Whitey Ford
09-14-2020, 03:48 PM
‘Kidnapped’ Hotel Rwanda dissident appears in court on terror charges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RW6tLBxxqg
Paul Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, has appeared in court in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, facing charges of terrorism and murder.
Rwandan authorities have accused Rusesabagina of being “the founder, leader, sponsor and member of violent, armed, extremist terror outfits … operating out of various places in the region and abroad”. The dissident faces a lengthy prison sentence, potentially for life.
On Monday, prosecutors said Rusesabagina had recruited dozens of fighters of the Forces for National Liberation (FLN), a rebel group that has carried out a number deadly attacks in Rwanda in recent years. The FLN was the military wing of the Rwanda Movement for Democratic Change (MRCD) political party, which Rusesabagina helped to found.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/14/hotel-rwanda-dissident-paul-rusesabagina-in-court-terror-changes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RW6tLBxxqg
Paul Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, has appeared in court in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, facing charges of terrorism and murder.
Rwandan authorities have accused Rusesabagina of being “the founder, leader, sponsor and member of violent, armed, extremist terror outfits … operating out of various places in the region and abroad”. The dissident faces a lengthy prison sentence, potentially for life.
On Monday, prosecutors said Rusesabagina had recruited dozens of fighters of the Forces for National Liberation (FLN), a rebel group that has carried out a number deadly attacks in Rwanda in recent years. The FLN was the military wing of the Rwanda Movement for Democratic Change (MRCD) political party, which Rusesabagina helped to found.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/14/hotel-rwanda-dissident-paul-rusesabagina-in-court-terror-changes