NEW YORK, Nov 17 (UNHCR) - When the world closed its eyes to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina opened his arms to its victims. Ten years later, an award-winning film is celebrating the ...
From April to July 1994, the world watched as genocide unfolded in Rwanda. A million people died as neighbors brutally attacked their neighbors with clubs and machetes. Thirty years later, the horror ...
In 1994 the Rwandan genocide made international headlines and ten years later it was the basis for the historical film Hotel Rwanda. Actor Don Cheadle played hotelier Paul Rusesabagina who risked his ...