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Rwandan humanitarian and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Paul Rusesabagina, the subject of the film "Hotel Rwanda", faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the crimes with which he is charged, according to the prosecution. Rusesabagina had called for armed resistance against the government of Paul Kagame on YouTube. Rusesabagina, however, declined to respond to the charges.
2020-09-16

Voters in Rwanda go to the polls to elect their president. Paul Kagame, incumbent since 2000, referred to the election as a formality, despite challenges from the Democratic Greens' Frank Habineza and independent Philippe Mpayimana. Kagame is re-elected with 98.66 of the vote.
2017-08-4

Voters in Rwanda go to the polls for a parliamentary election with the Rwandan Patriotic Front of President Paul Kagame achieving a landslide victory. [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-afp-article-ALeqM5hfGgXfY6vlq6-6sehqLlLEkrFgfA?docId=CNG.49bcc0089441faaa25bb3c6e28cc4338.2a1&hl=en (AFP via Google News)], [http:--news.ninemsn.com.au-world-2013-09-18-02-45-rwanda-s-ruling-party-wins-landslide-vote (NineMSN)]date=April 2020
2013-09-16

A military court in Rwanda sentences four former top officials who were allies of President Paul Kagame to long prison sentences "in absentia".
2011-01-14

2 French judges and 17 other legal experts land in Rwanda ahead of a week-long inquiry into the killing of President Juvénal Habyarimana, whose plane with French crew on board was shot down in 1994.
2010-09-12

A grenade attack occurs during rush hour in Kigali, Rwanda, two days after the country's presidential election.
2010-08-11

Rwanda prepares for a presidential election, its second since the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
2010-08-8

Human Rights Watch calls for an independent investigation in Rwanda into the death of Andre Kagwa Rwisereka, vice president of the opposition Democratic Green Party, who was killed weeks before a presidential election.
2010-07-21

Rwandan authorities arrest two people in connection with the killing of a journalist critical of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and deny complicity in the murder.
2010-06-28

Rwanda president Paul Kagame's rival Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza is released one day after her arrest on charges of terrorism and genocide denial but banned from leaving Kigali and ordered to report to authorities twice a month.
2010-04-22