From hero of Hotel Rwanda to dissident facing life in prison

Supporters of Paul Rusesabagina, a high-profile critic of Paul Kagame, say his only crime was to stand up to the president

Before history began to be rewritten, the hotel manager and the rebel leader were hailed as heroes of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Paul Rusesabagina, whose story of sheltering Tutsis from machete-wielding Hutu militiamen was turned into the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, visited the White House to receive the US presidential medal of freedom from George W Bush.