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The first four days of Paul Resetsabagina's imprisonment were some of the darkest days of his life.

He was kept in isolation.

Interrogators wanted him to confess to involvement in terrorism. and he was

says he was tortured.

On the fourth day, Paul was brought to a police station

in Kegali, where a Rwandan official read out the charges against him.

He has been subject of an international arrest warrant, wanted to answer charges of serious crime,

including terrorism, financing terrorism

and related offenses against innocent Rwandan civilian.

For Paul's family members, it was a shock, but not just for them, also for people around the world who knew something about Rwanda.

Repressive regimes routinely target dissidents.

That's par for the course.

But Paul was this human rights celebrity,

and he was a permanent resident in the United States.

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