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‘Hotel Rwanda’ icon Rusesabagina says prison was ‘hell’

Dissident Paul Rusesabagina thanked the US for its efforts to release him from prison earlier this year. His made new criticisms of the Rwandan government in a video to mark the 61st anniversary of Rwanda's independence.

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