Paul Rusesabagina offered simple advice about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where he is credited with saving more than 1,200 lives in his hotel, and his more recent imprisonment based on his criticism of human rights violations by that African nation.
He told a World Oregon audience in Portland on the 30th anniversary of that genocide: Do not remain silent.
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