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'Hotel Rwanda' hero given 25-year jail term in 'terrorism' case
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Paul Rusesabagina a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the nation's 1994 genocide was found guilty of being part of a group responsible for "terrorist" attacks and sentenced to 25 years in prison by a Rwandan court. /AFP

Paul Rusesabagina a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the nation's 1994 genocide was found guilty of being part of a group responsible for "terrorist" attacks and sentenced to 25 years in prison by a Rwandan court. /AFP

Paul Rusesabagina a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the nation's 1994 genocide was found guilty of being part of a group responsible for "terrorist" attacks and sentenced to 25 years in prison by a Rwandan court.

Rusesabagina boycotted Monday's verdict after declaring he did not expect justice in a trial he called a "sham''.

The case has had a high profile since Rusesabagina, 67, was arrested in August 2020 after what he described as a kidnapping from Dubai by Rwandan authorities.

He was accused of supporting an armed wing of his opposition political platform, the Rwandan Movement for Democratic Change. The group had claimed some responsibility for attacks in 2018 and 2019 in the south of the country in which nine Rwandans died.

(With input from agencies)

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