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2020
Rusesabagina sues GainJet over alleged role in kidnapping
Lawsuit filed
Paul Rusesabagina filed a lawsuit against GainJet in the United States, alleging that the charter company helped Rwandan agents kidnap him. The complaint was submitted to a federal court in San Antonio on Monday. The suit concerns GainJet's alleged role in the kidnapping, according to the filing.
Paul Rusesabagina sued GainJet in the U.S., alleging that the charter company helped Rwandan agents kidnap him. The complaint was filed in San Antonio federal court on Monday.
Source excerpt
Rusesabagina, 66, has been detained in his former country since late August, when he âdisappearedâ after boarding a GainJet Aviation SA flight for what he believed was a speaking engagement in Burundi, according to a complaint filed Monday in San Antonio federal court.
Paul Rusesabagina, an outspoken critic of the Rwandan government who gained international fame through the 2004 movie âHotel Rwanda,â sued a Greek air charter company in the U.S. for helping Rwandan agents kidnap him in an elaborate hoax.
The complaint also accuses Constantin Niyomwungere, a Rwandan secret service agent who duped Rusesabagina into the fictitious speaking engagement, of conspiring with GainJet and of violating U.S. anti-terrorism and terror-victimsâ rights laws.
Alleged involvement in Paul Rusesabagina rendition
GainJet was criticized and became involved in litigation concerning allegations that it played a role in the kidnapping and rendition of Rwandan dissident Paul Rusesabagina. The available source does not establish a final legal determination or outcome.