Watch these Lantos 2011 Award Videos to understand why Paul Rusesabagina was awarded the Lantos Human Rights Prize 2011.

“Paul Rusesabagina�s heroic efforts to shelter those in harm�s way changed the life stories of more than 1,200 Rwandans.”
- Katrina Lantos Swett, president of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice.

“In the midst of unimaginable darkness, there is always room for a hero. Albeit reluctantly, Rusesabagina earned that distinction during the Rwandan Genocide. Using his position as manager of the H�tel des Mille Collines, this self-described �ordinary man� used every stratagem and connection he could muster to shelter desperate refugees at his hotel, protecting them from the brutal slaughter occurring just outside the gates. What began as a quest to protect his family and a handful of neighbors quickly snowballed into a three-month ordeal that saved the lives of more than 1,200 Tutsis and Hutus.”
- Katrina Lantos Swett.

[Lantos Foundation]

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