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Rwandan court maintains 'Hotel Rwanda' hero's 25-year sentence

FILE PHOTO: Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, sits inside a courtroom in Kigali, Rwanda February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Clement Uwiringiyimana/File Photo

A Rwandan appeals court on Monday kept the existing 25-year sentence for Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed in the movie "Hotel Rwanda" sheltering hundreds of people during the 1994 genocide, rejecting a bid to extend it to life in prison.

(Reporting by Clement Uwiringiyimana; writing by Hereward Holland; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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