Paul Rusesabagina was portrayed by actor Don Cheadle as the hero of the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda, which tells the story of how he sheltered Tutsis fleeing slaughter in the hotel he managed.
The family of a former hotel manager who was portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the 1994 Rwandan genocide has filed a $400m lawsuit over his alleged abduction and torture.
Paul Rusesabagina, who was played by American actor Don Cheadle in the Oscar-nominated film Hotel Rwanda, is credited with saving hundreds of Tutsis from being killed. The killings ended when Tutsi rebels, led by now-President Paul Kagame, seized control and triggered an exodus of more than two million Hutus.after a trial, that his supporters claim was filled with irregularities.
His family has claimed in their lawsuit that the Rwandan government used"its agents to trick him" into travelling back to Rwanda from the US, where he had been living in exile.President Kagame's security agents then"forcibly abducted him, tortured him and forced him into illegal imprisonment", the suit - which has been seen by Sky News - states.
Rusesabagina is known as a prominent critic of President Kagame, which his family said is why he was"tracked, harassed, and ultimately kidnapped".
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