The Clooney Foundation for Justice and the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights announced today that the ABA Center for Human Rights intends to monitor the upcoming trial of Paul Rusesabagina in Rwanda as part of CFJ's TrialWatch initiative. Mr. Rusesabagina, whose actions to save lives during the Rwandan genocide were dramatized in the film Hotel Rwanda,is a vocal critic of Rwanda's current ruling party, which he has accused of committing human rights violations. He has been charged with forming an armed group, financing terrorism, complicity in kidnapping, and armed robbery, among other offenses.
Mr. Rusesabagina disappeared on August 27, 2020 in Dubai. On August 31, 2020,the Rwanda Investigation Bureau announced that Mr. Rusesabagina was in their custody and, in a series of tweets,alleged that he "[wa]s suspected to be the founder, leader, sponsor and member of violent, armed, extremist terror outfits including MRCD and PDR-Ihumure."
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