KIGALI, April 4 (Xinhua) -- A Rwandan court in the capital Kigali on Monday upheld a 25-year jail sentence for Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotelier portrayed as a hero in a film called "Hotel Rwanda."
Rusesabagina, 67, was last September convicted on eight counts related to acts of terrorism committed by the National Liberation Front (FLN) in 2018 which claimed the lives of nine civilians in Rwanda's southwest.
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