Paul Rusesabagina
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Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan former hotel manager and humanitarian best known for sheltering and saving over a thousand people during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, an act later depicted in the film "Hotel Rwanda."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tatiana Rusesabagina | 1 |
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Rwandan person
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hotel manager ⓘ human ⓘ humanitarian ⓘ |
| arrestedBy | Rwandan authorities ⓘ |
| authorOf | An Ordinary Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Immortal Chaplains Prize for Humanity
NERFINISHED
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Lantos Human Rights Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Pax Christi International Peace Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallenberg Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| charge | terrorism-related offenses in Rwanda ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Belgium
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Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Rwandan government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfArrest | 2020-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-06-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 2021-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfPublication | 2006 ⓘ |
| dateOfRelease | 2023-03 ⓘ |
| employer |
Hotel des Diplomates
NERFINISHED
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Hôtel des Mille Collines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hutu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Rusesabagina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| hasCause |
genocide prevention
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human rights advocacy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Being the real-life inspiration for the film "Hotel Rwanda"
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Providing shelter to Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees ⓘ Saving more than 1,000 people during the 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ Kinyarwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfRelease | presidential commutation of sentence ⓘ |
| movement | Rwandan opposition politics ⓘ |
| name | Paul Rusesabagina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Sheltering refugees at Hôtel des Mille Collines during the 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation |
hotel manager
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humanitarian ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| participantIn | Rwandan genocide ⓘ |
| placeOfArrest | Kigali, Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Murama-Gitarama, Rwanda-Urundi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Don Cheadle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | founder of the PDR-Ihumure party ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Viking Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | protected refugees at Hôtel des Mille Collines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentence | 25 years in prison ⓘ |
| spouse | Tatiana Rusesabagina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Hotel Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy | international human rights organizations ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Tatiana Rusesabagina