When Paul Rusesabagina left his Texas home in August 2020, he believed he was travelling to the East African country of Burundi for a speaking tour. But in Dubai, the human rights activist was diverted onto a private plane, flown to his native Rwanda, and detained on dubious terrorism charges. In an interview with The Guardian, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame described the operation that lured his 68-year-old critic out of the US as “flawless”.