Hotel Rwanda Movie Subject Lands In Quatar After Release From Prison

Former hotelier and subject of the film “Hotel Rwanda,” Paul Rusesabagina, has arrived in Qatar after being released from prison in Rwanda over the weekend.

Rusesabagina, a permanent resident of the United States, had been sentenced to 25 years in September 2021 over his ties to a group opposed to Rwandan President Paul Kagame that has an armed wing.

His release follows months of negotiations between Washington and Kigali, and Rwanda has stated that it is the result of a shared desire to reset the US-Rwanda relationship.

Rusesabagina landed in Doha on Monday and is expected to return to the US from there. The film “Hotel Rwanda” depicts Rusesabagina’s efforts to save more than 1,000 people fleeing the genocide in 1994 by sheltering them in the besieged hotel he managed in Kigali.