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Your opinion can help us make it better. We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. A Rwandan court is expected to issue a verdict on Paul Rusesabagina. His story, in which he saved scores of people during the Rwandan genocide, inspired the film 'Hotel Rwanda,' but now Kigali accuses him of terrorism. His trial attracted international attention due to his role in rescuing hundreds of people during the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsis.

President Kagame, in early September, defended the trial of Rusesabagina saying the year-old former hotelier was in court not because he is famous but because of his later actions. Rusesabagina is charged with nine offenses, including being a member of a terrorist organization, financing terrorism, murder and armed robbery. The charges relate to a series of attacks carried out by the armed National Liberation Front FLN in southwestern Rwanda between June and December , during which nine civilians were killed.

In a September hearing, he admitted to being involved in setting up the FLN. He and his family, however, deny giving support or taking part in any violence or killings. He gained celebrity status after the release of the Hollywood film "Hotel Rwanda" in The Oscar-nominated movie depicts how he saved the lives of more than 1, Tutsi by giving them refuge in a hotel he managed during Rwanda's genocide , which saw the massacre of some , Tutsis along with moderate Hutus.

During the trial, Rusesabagina's lawyer argued that the court didn't have the jurisdiction to try Rusesabagina, a Belgian citizen who says he is a victim of illegal rendition.

Rusesabagina was traveling from the US, where he lives, to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in August when he disappeared for several days only to appear in handcuffs in a Kigali court. But is that what happened? We need to examine how he was arrested because it did not comply with the laws," Rusesabagina's lawyer Gatera Gashaba said, according to AFP.

The US Congress released a letter sent to Rwanda's government late last year, which urged the government to allow Rusesabagina to return to his home in Texas on humanitarian grounds, as the year-old suffers from ill health and is a cancer survivor.

While the film takes on the angle of how Paul Rusesabagina becomes a hero due to his efforts of saving thousands of lives, over the years the hotelier has been gripped in controversy, especially with reports claiming he used to "extort money" from the refugees for necessities like food water and other facilities. It was also reported that the UN headquarters in Kigali received information that Rusesabagina had provided a Rwandan army commander with a list of hotel guests and their room numbers.

A refugee survivor named Edouard Kayihura told his own story through the book. Now follow your favourite television celebs and telly updates. Republic World is your one-stop destination for trending Bollywood news.

Tune in today to stay updated with all the latest news and headlines from the world of entertainment. The characters and the scenes have to accurately relate to the audience something that was going on at that time and place. In the book, he recorded the details of the many dignitaries that had stayed at the hotel.

During the crisis, Paul began to endlessly call in favors from the dignitaries in his black book to procure supplies and safe passage for the people he was protecting. The same is depicted in the movie. Incidentally, the director of the movie, Terry, first met Paul and got introduced to his incredible story in a taxi in Brussels in As a taxi driver, Paul, who had moved to Belgium with his family a few years after the fateful events, would sometimes tell his passengers about the genocide.

This time, the passenger happened to be the Irish film director, and a year later, they traveled to Rwanda together to research for the movie.