MPs are demanding that a Rwandan official implicated in the abduction and imprisonment of a man hailed as a hero of the 1994 genocide is blocked from being appointed as his country’s ambassador to Britain.
Johnston Busingye, the former Rwandan justice minister, allegedly played a key role in the abduction and trial of Paul Rusesabagina, whose efforts in saving 1,268 people from a gruesome death were documented in the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda. Rusesabagina, 67, was jailed for 25 years three months ago after a trial widely condemned as a sham.
Busingye has since been nominated by Paul Kagame, 64, Rwanda’s authoritarian president, to be high commissioner to the UK, an ambassadorial appointment. READ MORE