Extremely distressed by the kidnapping and illegal extradition of Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina. Before kidnapping, Paul had survived several assassination attempts and was living in Texas 1/5

Mr. Rusebagina who is credited of saving 1200 people in Hotel Mille Collines where he was a manager. His biography "An Ordinary Man," describes his rise from a hotel manager to an international hero 2/5

While Mr. Rusesabagina took on tremendous risk by speaking out against Kagame, before that, his book and movie were widely received in Kigali. in fact, Kagame attending one of the screenings https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2006/05/10/smearing-a-hero-span-classbankheadsad-revisionism-over-hotel-rwandaspan/63b20dbb-fab6-4569-9558-a0be2a8b6eaa/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/o...

According to Terry George, the film& #39;s director, problems between the two Pauls (Rusesabagina and Kagame) only started after Rusesabagina criticised Kagame& #39;s record as a war criminal.

Now that Rusesabagina is in jail, it will be interesting to see how the international community reacts. Rusesabagina is a recipient of the highest civilian award in the US, the presidential medal of freedom.