Inspiration for Hotel Rwanda film paraded in Kigali after allegedly being taken from DubaiThe family of Paul Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives inspired the film On Monday, Rusesabagina, who is an outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, Rusesabagina was the general manager of a luxury hotel in Kigali during the 1994 genocide, in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed with knives, clubs and other weapons.
She said the body language of her father following his arrest suggested that he was "staying strong and he doesn't want us to know that he is beaten and even if they have him he's going to show us that he's going to continue fighting".Rwandan officials said on Monday that Mr Rusesabagina had been detained following "international co-operation". "The charges they have on him are baseless," Ms Kanimba added in a BBC Newsday interview.The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) paraded the arrested man in front of journalists in Kigali on Monday, but did not give details about where he was arrested.It said Mr Rusesabagina had been the leader and sponsor of "extremist terror outfits", and would be tried on charges of terrorism, murder, kidnap and arson. We know this is a wrongful arrest.”Another daughter, Anaise, told BBC World Service radio that her father had last called them on Thursday from Dubai.“I believe he was kidnapped because he would never go to Rwanda of his own will,” Anaise told the BBC.He has been an increasingly outspoken critic of Kagame, and has been The government has previously been accused of hunting down dissidents overseas. There is no evidence to what they’re claiming. But I've always defended human rights," he said at the time. The official police statement, “Through international cooperation, the Rwanda Bureau of … The family of Paul Rusesabagina – a businessman whose role in saving more than a thousand lives inspired the film Hotel Rwanda – have accused … Mr Rusesabagina, 66, is a strong critic of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.Rwandan officials said on Monday that Mr Rusesabagina had been arrested under an international warrant for leading "terrorist movements". VideoMelania Trump ex-confidante tell-all dishes on 'Princess Ivanka'Jacob Blake: Trump visits Kenosha to back police after shootingHeart of Belgian city mayor found entombed in fountainWildlife Photographer of the Year: How many crocodiles can you see?Charlie Hebdo: Magazine republishes controversial Mohammed cartoonsCoronavirus: Apple iPhones can contact-trace without Covid appZimbabwe to return land seized from foreign farmersBritish woman dies in Corfu after being 'hit by boat' Several opposition leaders have been jailed and others fled into exile. “What they’re accusing him of is all made up. "I'm just a normal person. The vast majority of the victims were from the Tutsi minority, though some Hutu moderates also died.Rwand an authorities have said Rusesabagina was arrested on what they described as “an international warrant” and is accused of being “the founder, leader, sponsor and member of violent, armed, extremist terror outfits … operating out of various places in the region and abroad.”Rusesabagina’s adopted daughter, Carine Kanimba, said she last spoke with him before he flew to Kanimba said his family was informed early on Monday that he was being held in “We’re hoping to secure his release quickly and safely,” she said. Paul Rusesabagina, in handcuffs before the Rwandan press in Kigali capital on Monday.