Paul Rusesabagina reportedly saved thousands of Hutu and Tutsi refugees during the Rwandan genocide of the '90s. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Rwanda PaulRusesabagina HotelRwanda Texas
to raise awareness about the plight of Rusesabagina, who reportedly helped shield residents of his former country from its brutal genocide of the 1990s.
"Paul Rusesabagina is a hero, and his unjust detention was a stain on Rwanda's progress toward a peaceful and stable future," Castro said in a statement."Together with his family, friends, and supporters around the world, I am overjoyed to hear the news of his impending release and look forward to his safe return."
, a spokesperson for Rwanda's Kugame, Stephanie Nyombayire, said commuting Rusesabagina's sentence is part of a"shared desire to reset the US-Rwanda relationship."highlighted has efforts to spare people from brutal ethnic cleansing. Rusesabagina is reported to have saved more than 1,000 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from near-certain death by hiding them in the Kigali hotel where he worked as a manager. However, some including British investigative journalist Linda Malvern — author of several books on the genocide — have
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