Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda” and had been sentenced to prison in Rwanda, has had his sentence commuted by the country’s President Paul Kagame after his request for clemency, officials in Rwanda said Friday. Paul Rusesabagina of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame sentenced to 25 years on terrorism charges At his trial in 2021, Rusesabagina was found guilty of being part of a terror group called MRCD-FLN. ”Rusesabagina, an outspoken critic of President Kagame, is best known for saving hundreds of Rwandans during the country’s genocide by sheltering them in the hotel he managed