Remember the film Hotel Rwanda, based on real events, about how during the Rwandan genocide a Hutu hotel manager saved Tutsis and moderate Hutus from certain death? (If you haven't seen it, watch it—it's a powerful film)

The real Paul Rusesabagina (the Hutu manager) resettled in Belgium as a refugee with his family after the events depicted in the film, and later moved to the States. He lived a modest, unremarkable life there. As a public figure, he spent years openly criticizing Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, a Tutsi who, by the way, has been in power since 2000 with no signs of stepping down. Kagame took the criticism very hard, even going so far as to accuse Rusesabagina of never actually saving anyone during the genocide and just trying to make money.

This public feud might have dragged on indefinitely, but in late August 2020, after years of failed attempts to resolve the conflict, luck finally seemed to smile on Rwanda's president. Rusesabagina was planning to fly from the UAE on a private plane to Burundi to give a lecture at the invitation of a local religious organization. But suddenly, instead of heading to Burundi, the plane flew to Kigali, Rwanda's capital, where Paul was arrested, charged with aiding terrorism, and even accused by local media of genocide denial.

A man who saved over 1,200 lives, and in return they've been building a case against him for months and clearly plan to lock him up.