'Hotel Rwanda' hero boycotts court as state seeks tougher sentence

Rusesabagina, 67, and 20 co-defendants were convicted and sentenced in September for backing an armed rebel group in a trial that rights groups and his supporters had branded a sham.

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'Hotel Rwanda' hero boycotts court as state seeks tougher sentence
By NewVision Reporter
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The hero of "Hotel Rwanda" failed to appear in a Kigali court on Monday as state prosecutors sought to increase his sentence on terrorism charges from 25 years to life.

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