Rwandan courts will not protect refugees’ rights, say daughters of genocide hero

Carine and Anaïse Kanimba, daughters of Paul Rusesabagina, campaigning for his release in the US in 2022. He was freed earlier this year. Photograph: Kevin Fogarty/Reuters

The Rwandan legal system is incapable of protecting refugees sent from the UK, according to the daughters of Paul Rusesabagina, the man who inspired the Oscar-nominated movie Hotel Rwanda.

Carine and Anaïse Kanimba campaigned for more than two years to secure the release of their father, who was freed from a Kigali jail after three years of incarceration earlier this year, and they have detailed first-hand knowledge of the true nature of the Rwandan legal system.