Paul Rusesabagina — the person whose heroism in saving greater than 1,200 individuals from genocide inspired the 2004 movie “Resort Rwanda” — was kidnapped whereas in Dubai, his daughter claimed Tuesday.
Carine Kanimba instructed The Related Press that her 66-year-old dad traveled final week from the US to Dubai, the place she alleged he was kidnapped and brought to Rwanda’s capital, Kigali.
Rwandan authorities stated they arrested Rusesabagina on costs that he’s the “founder, chief and sponsor of violent, armed, extremist terror outfits.”
The authorities cited “worldwide cooperation” in apprehending him however didn’t present extra particulars or say the place he was arrested.
In the course of the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Rusesabagina, a Hutu, sheltered refugees in the luxurious lodge he managed, saving them from the violence that killed round 800,000 Tutsis and average Hutus.
Rusesabagina hasn’t lived in the East African nation since 1996, shifting first to Belgium after which Texas. He’s a Belgian citizen and a US everlasting resident.
In recent times, he’s turn out to be a vocal critic of Rwanda’s longtime President Paul Kagame. Kagame’s administration has accused Rusesabagina for years of financially supporting Rwandan rebels, costs he has denied.
Rusesabagina’s daughter additionally blasted the costs as bogus.
“What they’re accusing him of is all made up,” Kanimba stated. “There isn’t a proof to what they’re claiming … We all know it is a wrongful arrest.”
She stated the household hasn’t been capable of communicate to him and is fearful that he might not be getting his hypertension remedy.
Human rights activists are involved that that is the most recent instance of the Rwandan authorities focusing on critics exterior its borders.
Police and authorities in Dubai, the place Kagame maintains a detailed relationship, didn’t reply to a request for remark from the AP on the kidnapping claims.
The US State Division stated it was monitoring the scenario and referred inquiries to the Rwandan authorities.
Rusesabagina rose to fame because of the Oscar-nominated movie, in which he was portrayed by Don Cheadle. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George Bush in 2005.
Cheadle instructed the AP that “it’s my honest hope that Paul is being handled humanely and pretty, and {that a} clear and simply authorized course of designed to disclose the veracity of those costs is superior in a well timed method.”
Paul Rusesabagina — the person whose heroism in saving greater than 1,200 individuals from genocide inspired the 2004 movie “Resort Rwanda” — was kidnapped whereas in Dubai, his daughter claimed Tuesday.
Carine Kanimba instructed The Related Press that her 66-year-old dad traveled final week from the US to Dubai, the place she alleged he was kidnapped and brought to Rwanda’s capital, Kigali.
Rwandan authorities stated they arrested Rusesabagina on costs that he’s the “founder, chief and sponsor of violent, armed, extremist terror outfits.”
The authorities cited “worldwide cooperation” in apprehending him however didn’t present extra particulars or say the place he was arrested.
In the course of the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Rusesabagina, a Hutu, sheltered refugees in the luxurious lodge he managed, saving them from the violence that killed round 800,000 Tutsis and average Hutus.
Rusesabagina hasn’t lived in the East African nation since 1996, shifting first to Belgium after which Texas. He’s a Belgian citizen and a US everlasting resident.
In recent times, he’s turn out to be a vocal critic of Rwanda’s longtime President Paul Kagame. Kagame’s administration has accused Rusesabagina for years of financially supporting Rwandan rebels, costs he has denied.
Rusesabagina’s daughter additionally blasted the costs as bogus.
“What they’re accusing him of is all made up,” Kanimba stated. “There isn’t a proof to what they’re claiming … We all know it is a wrongful arrest.”
She stated the household hasn’t been capable of communicate to him and is fearful that he might not be getting his hypertension remedy.
Human rights activists are involved that that is the most recent instance of the Rwandan authorities focusing on critics exterior its borders.
Police and authorities in Dubai, the place Kagame maintains a detailed relationship, didn’t reply to a request for remark from the AP on the kidnapping claims.
The US State Division stated it was monitoring the scenario and referred inquiries to the Rwandan authorities.
Rusesabagina rose to fame because of the Oscar-nominated movie, in which he was portrayed by Don Cheadle. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George Bush in 2005.
Cheadle instructed the AP that “it’s my honest hope that Paul is being handled humanely and pretty, and {that a} clear and simply authorized course of designed to disclose the veracity of those costs is superior in a well timed method.”
