Paul Rusesabagina returns to US after imprisonment and kidnapping.

Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotel manager portrayed as a hero in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda, has arrived in the US after being released from prison in Rwanda. He was sentenced to 25 years on terrorism charges in 2021, which his supporters called a sham trial. His release followed years of US government diplomatic pressure and talks brokered by Qatar. Rusesabagina had become a fierce critic of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and was found guilty of backing a rebel group behind deadly attacks in 2018 and 2019 in Rwanda.