The family of Paul Rusesabagina, arrested by Rwandan police on terrorism charges, accuse authorities of kidnapping him and say if there is a case against him it should be tried in an international court
NAIROBI, Sept 2 - The family of Paul Rusesabagina - hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide - has demanded that authorities in Kigali charge him in an international court after his sudden detention, his son told Reuters on Wednesday.
Rwandan police said on Monday that Rusesabagina - who called for armed resistance to the now Tutsi-led government in a 2018 YouTube video - had been arrested on terrorism charges on an international warrant. His family accuses Rwanda of kidnapping him, saying they last heard from him in Dubai. “If the Rwandan government think they have a solid case against him on terrorism charges or financing of terrorism, then they have to take it to an international court,” Roger Rusesabagina, his elder son, told Reuters in an interview.The younger Rusesabagina said the Rwandan government’s past attempts to charge their father internationally have flopped.
The Belgian foreign ministry said Rwanda had informed Belgium of the arrest but declined to comment further.
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