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'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina freed from Rwandan jail

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda," was released from a Rwandan prison on Friday, U.S. officials said, after his sentence was commuted following intense diplomacy by the United States.

Reuters

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina to be freed from prison

Rwanda said on Friday it has commuted the 25-year jail sentence against ailing "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina, a fiercely outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame who has been held behind bars for more than 900 days.

France 24

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina to be released from prison

Kigali (AFP) - Ailing "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina is set to be released after the government said Friday it had commuted a 25-year jail sentence against the outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame.

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Rwanda says Rusesabagina of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame to be freed

Rwanda’s government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial

The Independent UK

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina's jail sentence commuted

Kigali (AFP) - Rwanda said on Friday it has commuted the 25-year jail sentence against ailing "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina, a fiercely outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame who has been held behind bars for more than 900 days.

AFP

Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina freed from prison

Rusesabagina, who was serving 25 years in a Rwanda prison on ‘terrorism’ charges, was freed on Friday, US officials say.

Al Jazeera

'A toxic policy with little returns' – lessons for the UK-Rwanda deal from Australia and the US

One afternoon in mid-June, I sat with Ethan*, a local islander, at Nauru’s boat harbour. He was speaking about how life had changed in the country since the asylum deal with Australia was agreed. Just a few years before my arrival in 2016, the small Pacific island had once again…

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UK asylum seekers who complain about conditions ‘threatened with Rwanda’

Refugee Action report calls asylum seeker accommodation ‘racialised segregation and de facto detention’

The Guardian - UK

Home Secretary’s depiction of Rwanda is a very dangerous deception

I’M going to talk about Rwanda, the real Rwanda. I say real because the image of the country currently being peddled by the UK Home Secretary…

The National (Scotland)

How drone company Zipline turned one country’s logistical nightmare into a foundation for success

The world's largest commercial drone delivery system launched by delivering blood to hospitals around Rwanda.

Fortune

Cost of detaining and accommodating migrants 'could hit £9bn in three years’

Charity says more than 250,000 people will have their claim for asylum denied with 10,000 sent to Rwanda in each of the first three years

Wales Online

US calls conditions in Rwanda’s detention centres harsh to life-threatening

Ally’s criticism will be hard to dismiss as UK tries to push through £120m migrant scheme

The Guardian - UK

Experts cast doubt on Braverman’s hopes of ECHR rule change on Rwanda

Home secretary’s claims of ‘constructive’ talks regarding Strasbourg’s injunctions disputed by legal scholars

The Guardian - UK

ECHR says it is 'reflecting' on injunction rules amid UK hopes on migrant flights

The European Court of Human Rights said on Monday "reflections" were ongoing as to its use of urgent interim measures but denied this was related to an injunction it imposed last year which stopped Britain's proposed scheme to send migrants to Rwanda.

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The Independent UK

Suella Braverman tells Labour to ‘get off Twitter’ and visit Rwanda

Ms Braverman made her first trip to Rwanda as Home Secretary this weekend.

Tribune News Service

This Texas toddler just became the youngest American to visit every continent

DALLAS — Max Smith played drums in Rwanda, raced down sand dunes in New Mexico and rode a camel in Dubai.

The Guardian - UK

Gianni Infantino’s actions at Fifa remain more dangerous than his words

Fifa’s Gianni Infantino has been reelected unopposed and has pushed through unpopular reforms like the enlarged, 48-team World Cup

Wales Online

Rwanda flights: Suella Braverman ‘encouraged’ after discussions over injunction reforms

A Government source has said the reforms 'would remove a key barrier to getting flights off the ground'

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The Independent UK

European judges ‘close to backing down’ on blocking Rwanda flights as Braverman hails ‘constructive talks’

A government source said the reforms ‘would remove a key barrier to getting flights off the ground’ if implemented

The Independent UK

Rwanda flights: Braverman ‘encouraged’ after discussions over injunction reforms

A Government source said the reforms ‘would remove a key barrier to getting flights off the ground’ if implemented.

The Independent UK

UK aims to send migrants to Rwanda in months if courts agree

Britain’s government says it could start deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda in the next few months if U.K. courts rule that the controversial policy is legal

Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman accused of resorting to 'photo ops' to push 'unworkable' Rwanda plan

The Home Secretary has travelled to capital Kigali, where she hopes the UK can start sending asylum seekers by the summer after more than a year of legal wrangling

The National (Scotland)

Home Secretary Rwanda images 'like something from a disturbed holiday album'

IMAGES of Suella Braverman on her visit to Rwanda have been described as something similar to “an extremely distasteful and disturbing holiday…

Daily Record

Midge Ure blasts 'utterly repugnant' Tories as Home Secretary hails migration policy in Rwanda

Suella Braverman was seen doubling down on UK Government policy to send vulnerable asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel ‘threatened to sue Suella Braverman’ over asylum overcrowding claims

Ex-home secretary said to have been angry at being blamed for problems at Kent facility

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