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Hotel Rwanda’s Paul Rusesabagina released from prison

Hotel Rwanda’s Paul Rusesabagina released from prison

Ex-hotelier whose actions saved lives during 1994 genocide has sentence for terrorism charges commuted

Paul Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives during the 1994 Rwandan genocide inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, has been released from prison after his 25-year sentence on terrorism charges was commuted.

Rusesabagina was accompanied by a US embassy official as he was moved from prison to the residence of Qatar’s ambassador in Kigali late on Friday, according to two senior Biden administration officials who briefed reporters in Washington.

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