Hotel Rwanda tells the story of 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which nearly 800,000 people were killed. At that time, as the manager of the hotel, Ruthesa Bacina tried to protect thousands of refugees from the turmoil. In 2005, the United States awarded President Ruthesa Bacina the Medal of Freedom. Ruthesa Bacina has been strongly criticizing the Rwandan government. He once condemned Rwandan President Kagame, who was in power for 2 1 year.
Rusesa Bacina was arrested last August. At that time, he thought his plane was going to Burundi, but the plane finally landed in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. His family claimed that it was a kidnapping case and denied the nine charges against him. They believed that Ruthesa Bacina had been retaliated by the Rwandan government for speaking frankly.
In response to many criticisms of this case, Rusesa Bacina Kagami said in a speech this month that Rusesa Bacina was tried not because he was famous, but because his actions had very serious consequences in Rwanda. The trial began in February this year, but Bacina, a Belgian citizen with an American green card, said that Rwandan courts had no right to try foreigners and doubted the impartiality and independence of the courts, while the United States, the European Parliament and Belgium were all concerned about the arrest and trial of Ruthesa Bacina in Rwanda.