Paul Rusesabagina, the “Hotel Rwanda” hero who became a fiercely outspoken government critic, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison on terrorism charges after what his supporters labelled a politically motivated show trial.
The 20 co-defendants, who appeared in court handcuffed and wearing pink prison uniforms, were given sentences ranging from three to 20 years. The United States — which awarded Rusesabagina its Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 –, as well as other governments and rights groups, had voiced concerns about his transfer to Rwanda.
Kagame’s government accused Rusesabagina of belonging to the National Liberation Front , a rebel group blamed for attacks in 2018 and 2019 that killed nine people. The Kigali government hailed the verdict, with spokeswoman Yolande Makolo tweeting: “The evidence against the accused was indisputable, and Rwandans will feel safer now justice has been delivered.”Rusesabagina was the former manager of the Hotel des Mille Collines in Kigali, where he sheltered hundreds of guests during the genocide that left 800,000 people dead, mostly ethnic Tutsis.
This is a big shame on Paul Kagame
And we can't name terrorist
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Same style used on ENDSars, Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho. They accuse critics of being a terrorist!
But in Nigeria here government is giving terrorist money for negotiations release them from prison, God help us 😥
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