Paul Rusesabagina, an international humanitarian and the hero of Hotel Rwanda, was arrested by the Rwandan government this weekend on trumped up charges. His real crime? Daring to speak out against President Kagame’s authoritarian government.
“It is a travesty that a human rights champion like Paul Rusesabagina should be captured, detained and held in the way he is being held…This should raise a lot of deep concern and skepticism on behalf of a lot of people.” - Katrina Lantos Swett, Lantos Foundation President
Joint statement on the extraordinary rendition and detention of Paul Rusesabagina
Paul Rusesabagina at the 2011 Lantos Human Rights Prize Ceremony in Washington, DC