Prez Biden Celebrates da Release of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero Paul Rusesabagina
๐๐ท๐ผ๐จ Paul Rusesabagina wen’ get convicted of eight charges, including being part of one terrorist group, murdah, an’ kidnapping ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
Prez Biden wen’ mahalo da Rwanda’s government on top one Friday fo’ releasing Paul Rusesabagina, da guy who wen’ inspire da movie “Hotel Rwanda,” an’ let him go back to his ohana in da U.S. ๐๐ท๐ผ๐บ๐ธ
Rusesabagina, 68 years old, one U.S. resident an’ Belgian citizen, wen’ get his 25-year sentence fo’ terrorism kine stuffs cut short by one presidential ordah aftah asking fo’ mercy. One Rwanda government talkah guy said dis cutting no “put out” his conviction. โ๏ธ๐ง๐ช๐
Biden wen’ let go one statement Friday fo’ welcome Rusesabagina home to da U.S. ๐๐ฝ๐
“I stay stoked fo’ todayโs release of Paul Rusesabagina by da Government of Rwanda,” Biden wen’ write. “Paulโs ohana stay ready fo’ welcome him back to da United States, an’ I stay sharing their joy at todayโs awesome news.” ๐๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ๐
“I mahalo da Rwandan Government fo’ making dis ‘ohana time happen, an’ I also mahalo da Government of Qatar fo’ help wit’ Paulโs release an’ his coming back to da United States,” he wen’ keep going. “I add my tanks to da peeps all ovah da U.S. Government who wen’ work wit’ da Government of Rwanda fo’ make todayโs happy ending.” ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ค๐
Rusesabagina wen’ inspire da 2004 movie “Hotel Rwanda” fo’ saving plenny peeps from one big kine killin’. But latah on, he wen’ get convicted of eight charges โ including being part of one terrorist group, murdah, an’ kidnapping โ in one trial dat wen’ get choke criticism from da U.S. an’ oddahs. Da way he wen’ get arrested, his small kine chance fo’ get one independent legal team, an’ his health going downhill wen’ cause big kine international pilikia. โ๏ธ๐๐ท
He wen’ disappear in 2020 wen’ he stay visiting Dubai an’ show up days latah in Rwanda wit’ handcuffs. His ohana say he wen’ get kidnapped an’ taken to Rwanda against his will fo’ stand trial. Rusesabagina wen’ say too dat he wen’ get gagged an’ tortured befo’ he wen’ get thrown in jail, but da Rwandan authorities wen’ say no way. ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จโโ๏ธ
Rusesabagina wen’ say he wen’ get arrested ’cause he wen’ talk stink ’bout Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame ova da kine human rights abuses. Rwanda’s government wen’ say no way to da kine accusations dat dey go aftah peeps who talk diff’rent wit’ arresting an’ killin’ outside da law. ๐ท๐ผ๐ค๐ซ
In one Oct. 14 lettah dat wen’ show up on top da justice ministah website, Rusesabagina wen’ write “if dey gimme one pardon an’ let me go, I undahstand all da way dat I going live da rest of my days in da United States, jus’ tinking to myself. I can promise you thru dis letta dat I no get any kine personal or political dreams oddahwise. I going leave all da questions ’bout Rwandan politics behind me.” ๐๐๏ธ๐บ๐ธ
Rusesabagina wen’ get da U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom aftah he wen’ help mo’ den 1,000 ethnic Tutsis stay safe at da hotel he wen’ manage during Rwandaโs 1994 genocide wea mo’ den 800,000 Tutsi an’ Hutus who wen’ try fo’ protect dem wen’ get killed. ๐๏ธ๐จ๐
He wen’ turn one public critic of Kagame an’ wen’ leave Rwanda in 1996, first living in Belgium befo’ moving to da U.S. ๐๐ฃ๏ธ๐ซ
