Outcry after Belarus forces Ryanair jet to land to detain dissident Roman Protasevich
Detained blogger Protasevich is one of the founders of the opposition news service Nexta
23 May 2021 - 20:26
Moscow — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered a Ryanair flight carrying a key opposition blogger and headed for Lithuania to land in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday and detained him on arrival, officials and rights activists said.
Law enforcers detained activist Roman Protasevich, put on a wanted list after 2020’s mass street protests after an election in which Lukashenko had claimed a landslide victory...
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