"Hotel Rwanda" hero Rusesabagina reunites with family in US after release

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Paul Rusesabagina, the man who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda" and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence, has arrived in Qatar on his way to reuniting with family in the United States. The 68-year-old Rusesabagina, a U.S. legal resident and Belgian citizen, was convicted in 2021 of terrorism offenses and sentenced to 25 years in prison in a widely criticized trial. His arrest was a source of friction with the U.S. and others, and his family alleged he was kidnapped.

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