The man who inspired the movie “Hotel Rwanda” told Jewish leaders about the genocide in the Sudan. Paul Rusesabagina and other witnesses to the Darfur violence spoke to more than 400 people in Washington on Monday, and called on the American people not to allow the destruction in Rwanda to be replicated in Sudan. “We need each other to get up, to raise our voices,” Rusesabagina said.
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