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Diplomatic negotiations are almost never linear. They inch forward, they lurch back,

someone puts a proposal on the table, and then the legs wobble and the table collapses.

In late 2022, Paul's lawyers and advocates thought they were closing in on a deal with

the Rwandan government to gain Paul's freedom. The United States was finally

using its leverage to get Rwandan President Paul Kagame to move forward. But then

in an interview in December, Kagogami dug its heels in, saying that American pressure would not work.

There isn't any would, going to come from anywhere to bully us into something to do with our lives and we accept.

We make an invasion and around the country country you can do that but is there an

it would take an invasion to force his release kagame added amid cross talk he was

talking to the online publication semaphore.

The interview marked a low point for Paul's family.

For two and a half years, they had been campaigning for his release,

helping bring about political pressure, lawsuits, and international criticism

against Rwanda.

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