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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Rwandan President Paul Kagame Tuesday night told foreign diplomats accredited to Rwanda that being a celebrity cannot put one above the country\u2019s laws.<\/p>\n

This he said in apparent relation to the case of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda. It was adapted from his life story when, as the manager of the H\u00f4tel des Mille Collines in Kigali, he protected 1 268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide in 1994.<\/p>\n

The 67-year-old Rusesabagina, now an opposition figure, was handed a 25-year sentence for terrorism last year. Even after an appeal, the sentence was upheld. Early this month, the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights group held a panel to urge Rusesabagina\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

On the panel was Hollywood actor Don Cheadle \u2013 who played Rusesabagina in the movie \u2013 and Anaise Kanimba, Rusesabagina\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n

Responding to the attention coming from Hollywood, in his address at the dinner, Kagame said:<\/p>\n

You are aware of \u2018bringing celebrity status\u2019 and \u2018hero status\u2019 in our history, and people manufacture it through a movie, through a film, and take that even above the law. It\u2019s absolutely surprising that people who have hundreds of years of history of this sort of thing, I\u2019m talking about of justice, democracy, human rights and so on, sometimes rightly give us lessons, getting it so wrong in this particular case.<\/p>\n

He added that Hollywood created the \u2018celebrity status\u2019 of Rusesabagina \u201cbecause they wanted to create their own narrative about Rwanda\u201d, therefore, \u201ctheir effort was about changing victims to be the perpetrators.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout his address, Kagame maintained that he was leading a country of strong-willed people who looked for solutions, rather than shifting blame, and that \u201cno amount of intimidation can work here\u201d.<\/p>\n

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