Paul Rusesabagina's family and the #FreeRusesabagina team welcome and celebrate the return of Brittney Griner today in San Antonio.

On October 1st, President Biden announced the release of seven Americans from Venezuela, five of whom - Matthew Heath, Jose Pereira, Alirio Zambrano, Jose Luis Zambrano, and Jorge Toledo - were part of the Bring Our Families Home Campaign.

On July 20th, the Bring Our Families Home Campaign, a campaign led by family members of Americans wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad, unveiled a public mural in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

The family and legal representatives of illegally extradited and jailed humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina will hold a press conference to announce a lawsuit against the Rwandan government for their role in kidnapping Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina. The complaint alleges that the Government of Rwanda and high-ranking Rwandan officials conspired to facilitate and execute an elaborate plot to lure Paul Rusesabagina from his home in Texas to Rwanda, where he would be tortured and illegally detained for the remainder of his life.

The family and legal representatives of illegally extradited and jailed humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina will hold a press conference to announce a lawsuit against the Rwandan government for their role in kidnapping Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina. The complaint alleges that the Government of Rwanda and high-ranking Rwandan officials conspired to facilitate and execute an elaborate plot to lure Paul Rusesabagina from his home in Texas to Rwanda, where he would be tortured and illegally detained for the remainder of his life.

The #FreeRusesabagina team held a briefing on April 20 at the Brussels Press Club. The assembled reporters heard from Vincent Lurquin, on of the Rusesabagina lawyers who made news by sharing the invoice (attached) which shows that the Office of the President of Rwanda paid for the plane that kidnapped Paul Rusesabagina.

The case of Paul Rusesabagina, the real-life hero of the Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda, who was kidnapped and is now imprisoned in the African country, is once again making headlines as independent observers declare that his trial was unfair and that Paul’s human rights have been violated since he was kidnapped in August 2020.

Paul Rusesabagina's trial was, because of the mass violations of Paul Rusesabagina's rights, a public spectacle that should never have taken place.

KIGALI, Rwanda – April 4, 2022 – PRLog – The Rwandan prosecutors’ appeal of the verdict in Hotel Rwanda humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina’s Sham Trial concluded today in Kigali. The Court of Appeal chose to maintain the original 25 year sentence for the 67 year old Rusesabagina, which means that he will still die in prison. While it is positive thatContinue reading "Rusesabagina Sham Trial Ends with 25 Year Verdict, Hotel Rwanda Humanitarian’s Health Deteriorating"

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD), an arm of the UN's Human Rights Council, has released an advanced version of its opinion on Rwanda's kidnapping and detention of Hotel Rwanda humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina.

Media sources recently announced that Johnston Busingye, the Rwandan Justice Minister who admitted on television with Marc Lamont Hill that Rwanda kidnapped Hotel Rwanda humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina and who participated in the torture of Paul Rusesabagina, has been accepted as the Rwandan diplomatic envoy to the United Kingdom.

U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Young Kim (CA-39) introduced a resolution calling on the government of the Republic of Rwanda to release activist Paul Rusesabagina on humanitarian grounds, building upon a previous bipartisan effort by Congress to urge Rwandan President Kagame to return Mr. Rusesabagina to the United States

U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Young Kim (CA-39) introduced a resolution calling on the government of the Republic of Rwanda to release activist Paul Rusesabagina on humanitarian grounds, building upon a previous bipartisan effort by Congress to urge Rwandan President Kagame to return Mr. Rusesabagina to the United States

San Antoino DreamWeek is providing a platform for representatives of the Rwandan Government, despite the same government's kidnapping and illegal detainment of humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina. The move is odd considering DreamWeek had honored Rusesabagina earlier in 2020.

CHICAGO – Jan. 18, 2022 – PRLog — The Court of Appeal in Rwanda heard an appeal on Monday, January 17 from the prosecution on the judgment against Paul Rusesabagina and his co-accused. The prosecution has argued that a 25 year sentence is not sufficient punishment for a 68 year old prisoner who is in poor health, and is askingContinue reading "Rusesabagina Sees No Reason to Appeal the Results of His Sham Trial"

EU Council President Charles Michel met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame amidst Paul Rusesabagina's detainment in Rwanda. While there is no information of what the meeting entailed, the question is if Michel made an effort to demand the release of Rusesabagina.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has had a contentious relationship with humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina since 2002. Rusesabagina outlines the tactics utilized by Kagame in the following five years to build a smear campaign against him.

Paul Rusesabagina, inspiration for film Hotel Rwanda, now subject of "a political trial," has been prevented from meeting with his lawyers since April 2021. His daughter, Carina Kanimba, with support of the National Bar Council, arrived in Italy to ask for release and a fair trial for her father.

Journalists in Rwanda are being arrested for reporting on the current plight of Paul Rusesabagina. Rusesabagina, the inspiration for the film Hotel Rwanda, is being imprisoned for notifying the world of abuses, detainment, and deaths of human rights dissidents in Rwanda.

The conditions of Paul Rusesabagina's detainment following his abduction in August 2020, is found to be in violation of the UN's Mandela Rules, as he is endured unending solitary confinement both physically and in the spirit of his treatment.

European Parliament denounces the torture and abduction of Paul Rusesabagina, issuing a resolution that calls for his immediate release and guarantee of a fair trial. Rusesbagina's family and #FreeRisesbagina team praise the stance.

Paul Rusesabagina was found guilty in sham trial despite the lack of any credible evidence against him. Offices in the Belgian government, the EU Parliament, and United States State Department offer criticisms of the trial and considering actions to take against the Rwanda government.

Humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina, subject of the film Hotel Rwanda, found guilty in a sham trial in Rwanda despite lack of credible evidence. The trial comes after Rusesabagina's decades of criticizing past and present Rwandan authorities on their committing of human rights abuses.

Despite the end of Paul Rusesabagina's show trial, Rwandan press unrolls "new" evidence as waiting begins for the trial's verdict. The new article published by KT Press, believed to be propaganda of the Rwanda government, comes shortly after independent criticism of prosecution's lack of evidence.

Paul Rusesabagina is unable to access attorneys and evidence while in his abusive imprisonment by the Rwanda government. His circumstance comes after his decades of critiquing against the current regimes' human rights abuses and violations against the Rwandan people.

Press Conference Regarding the Indefinite Postponement of Paul Rusesabagina's Verdict

Crowdfunding efforts grow on behalf of human rights advocate Paul Rusesabagina, who has been a political prisoner of the Rwanda government since August 2020 and now subjected to a show trial. Rusesabagina's bravery during the Rwanda genocide served as inspiration for the film Hotel Rwanda.

Members of the United States Congress urge Secretary of State Blinken to use diplomatic resources to extradite humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina, who is being denied his basic human rights under his imprisonment and legal rights in his show trial. in Rwanda.

Despite their denial to the contrary, the Rwandan government is believed to be using Pegasus surveillance software to target human rights activists, journalists, lawyers, and others, including Hotel Rwanda humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina's daughter Carine Kanimba.

Hotel Rwanda humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina is continually denied access to legal counsel and court documents while under the imprisonment of Rwanda authorities. The case's judge ruled for Paul to have access to necessary documents, but they remain continuously confiscated from him.

Letter from members of the United States Congress urging Secretary of State Blinken to use diplomatic resources to extradite humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina, who is being denied his basic human rights under his imprisonment and legal rights in his show trial. in Rwanda.

Hotel Rwanda humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina faces the possibility of life imprisonment after a nearly four month long trial. This comes despite legal irregularities and the prosecution's lack of evidence to base their accusations.

Lawyers of humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina state that Rusesabagina had received standard prison ration over the weekend despite news earlier in the week such items would be denied to him. Access to food and water is mandated in the United Nation's Mandela Rules, as recognized by most nations.