Reminder: the Rusesabagina family and legal team will hold a press conference Tuesday to discuss the trial verdict. (8am EST / 7am CST) Watch it on this page or on zoom. Legal Team & Family of Illegally Extradited and Jailed Humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina to Hold Post-Verdict Press Conference
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 2 pm CET Brussels, Belgium
Brussels, BE – September 21, 2021 the legal team and family will hold a press conference to go over the trial and verdict in the case of Paul Rusesabagina. (The Rwandan Government has said that the verdict will be announced on September 20.)
The press conference will be held in person on Tuesday, September 21 at 2:00 pm in Brussels, Belgium at Rue Froissart 95, 1000 Brussels at the Press Club. The conference will also be broadcast live on Zoom. You will find the instructions to register for the Zoom webinar at the end of this email. The video will also be posted on Facebook.
To RSVP for the Press Club press conference in person please email kitty@kurthlampe.com
(Just a reminder, 2:00 pm Brussels is 8:00 am in Washington, DC)
In late August, 2020, Paul Rusesabagina, the international human rights icon whose story of saving 1,268 people during the Rwandan Genocide was told in the film Hotel Rwanda, was flown against his will from Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Kigali, Rwanda. He has been on trial in Rwanda since February 17, 2021 and the verdict is expected on September 20, 2021.
To RSVP for the virtual press conference please register here:
The press conference will also be available to be viewed on the #FreeRusesabagina Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FreePaulRusesabagina
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