FILE PHOTO: Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, sits with his lawyers Emmeline Nyembo and Rugaza David inside the Kicyikuri primarily court in Kigali, Rwanda September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
KIGALI (Reuters) - Paul Rusesabagina, depicted as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide and now on trial for terrorism, was denied bail on Thursday though he had promised not to escape.
Rusesabagina, who once called for armed resistance to the government in a YouTube video, was charged in a Kigali court on Monday with 13 counts including terrorism, complicity in murder and involvement with an irregular armed group.
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