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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Imad Creidi

Freed 'Hotel Rwanda' hero returns to United States after prison stay

Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, is escorted in handcuffs from the courtroom in Kigali, Rwanda September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Clement Uwiringiyimana

The man who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda", Paul Rusesabagina, arrived in the United States on Wednesday after being released from prison in Rwanda last week, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.

Rusesabagina, a U.S. permanent resident who has lived in exile in San Antonio, Texas, for over a decade, was sentenced in September 2021 to 25 years over his ties to a group opposed to Rwandan President Paul Kagame that has an armed wing.

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