Hotel Rwanda hero sentenced to 25 years in jail on terrorism charges

Paul Rusesabagina, an ex-hotel manager, was subject of a Hollywood film about 1994 genocide

Paul Rusesabagina, a businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives during the 1994 genocide inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of terrorism offences by a court in Rwanda's capital, Kigali.

The 67-year-old was found guilty on Monday after a seven-month trial and faces a life sentence. Rwandan authorities accused Rusesabagina of being the founder, leader, sponsor and member of violent, armed, extremist terror outfits ... operating out of various places in the region and abroad." He denied all the charges against him.