'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina sentenced to 25 years on terrorism charges

Paul Rusesabagina, the hotel manager who allegedly housed thousands of refugees during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, is facing terror-related charges in Rwanda that could land him a life sentence.LONDON -- After spending more than a year behind bars and standing trial, the man who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film"Hotel Rwanda" was found guilty of terrorism-related offenses on Monday.

Rusesabagina has acknowledged that the MRCD had an armed wing but denied his involvement. The 20 other defendants in the closely watched trial were accused of being FLN organizers and fighters. Gibson said there is an appeal process in Rwanda but that their team is"pursuing a lot of other legal avenues.""I believe my father will come home. He's innocent," Rusesabagina's daughter, Carine Kanimba, told ABC News on Monday."We're not discouraged."A general view shows 20 co-accused, excluding"Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina, who did not physically attend court for the verdict, in a courtroom in Kigali, Rwanda, on Sept. 20, 2021.

MORE: Jailed hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' claims he was tortured at 'slaughterhouse' after arriving in Kigali Rusesabagina's whereabouts were unknown for several days until Rwandan authorities paraded him in handcuffs during a press conference at the RIB's headquarters in Kigali on Aug. 31, 2020. Rusesabaginahe was bound and blindfolded by RIB agents who took him from the plane to an undisclosed location where he was gagged and tortured before being jailed, according to an affidavit that includes a memorialization of a conversation between Rusesabagina and one of his Rwandan lawyers.

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Watching Hotel Rwanda is going to be kind of awkward now.

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