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After Hotel Rwanda tells the story of Paul Rusesabagina, a human rights activist who in 2020 was lured from his home in San Antonio, Texas, to his former country of Rwanda, where he was tried on terrorism charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Rusesabagina had been a national hero in Rwanda for saving the lives of more than twelve hundred people during the 1994 genocide there. A decade later, his story was told in the Oscar-nominated movie Hotel Rwanda. Our four-part series describes how Rusesabagina went from hero to dissident in Rwanda—and how a team of supporters in Washington and elsewhere managed eventually to bring him home.
The story is reported by Foreign Policy staff writer Robbie Gramer and can be found in the I Spy podcast feed.
We’re releasing the show as the world marks 30 years to the Rwandan genocide—one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.
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Robbie Gramer is a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy, covering the State Department. Before he joined FP in 2016, he managed the NATO portfolio at the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank, for three years. He’s a graduate of American University, where he studied international relations and European affairs.
Edited by Dan Ephron | Produced by Rob Sachs
Logo illustration by Sam Singh
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Photo: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images Part 3: The Campaign
After Paul is sentenced to 25 years in prison, his family assembles a team of lawyers and advocates to try and bring about his release.
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Photo: Alexander Joe/AFP via Getty Images Part 2: The Backstory
Tensions between Hutus and Tutsis date back to Belgian colonial rule in Rwanda—and form the backdrop to the 1994 genocide.
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Photo: Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Part 1: The Trap
How a Rwandan hero who saved hundreds from genocide ended up in prison.