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I was happy to talk with you about this tonight. >> thank you very much. just within the last hour i will tell you that president biden has put out a statement on what happened with the belarus -- with the belorussian opposition journalist being arrested after that plane was forced down. president biden calls it a direct affront to international norm says the united states condemns it in the strongest possible terms calling it an outrageous incident. he says hes asked his team to develop appro...

After that brazen move by belarus forcing a jet line for land to arrest a dissident journalist on board that flight. president biden calling the flights diversion escorted by a fighter jet, quote, a direct affront to international norms. the european union agrees imposing new sanctions overnight. >> this is an attack on democracy, this is an attack on freedom of expression and this is an attack on european sovereignty. this outrageous behavior needs a strong answer. >> senior international corre...

Detained journalist roman protasevich, who is a prominent critic of belarus president alexander lukashenko, who is closely aligned with the neighboring russian president, vladimir putin. today all 27 leaders of european union countries agreed to impose sanctions against belarus and president lukashenko. the european union has called on all eu-based airlines to avoid flying over belarus and has asked the european consul to begin the process of banning belarusian airlines from flying over and land...

In a fight and the values you are asserting had nothing to do with the way the world has to be. you have to build them out into the world and in a dramatic case like this theres a real opportunity to do something dramatic which im afraid were about to miss. >> timothy snider, the author of on tyranny, professor of history at yale university. professor snyder, thank you very much for your time this evening. i was happy to talk to you about this tonight. >> thank you very much. >> just within the ...

Do with the way the world has to be. you have to build them out into the world. in a dramatic case like this, theres a real opportunity to do something dramatic, which im afraid were about to miss. >> timothy snyder, the author of "on tyranny." thank you for your time this evening. i was really happy to talk with you about this tonight. >> thank you very much. >> just within the last hour, i will tell you president biden has put out a statement on what happened with the belarus -- with the belar...

Europe to land in the belarusian capital minsk. that reporter was then detained on arrival. president biden calls it a direct affront to international norms and condemned the action as an outrageous incident. those are good words to use. the journalist whose flight was essentially hijacked midair has been seen for the first time since the international incident and it only makes things all the more disturbing. we have video here of raman pratasevich. it was filmed by belarusian authorities. he c...

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From his phone and computer when he realized the plane was being forced to land in minsk saying, "i know the death penalty awaits me." white house press secretary jen psaki condemned the forced diversion. >> it constitutes a brazen affront to international peace and security by the regime. >> reporter: protasevich has been in exile since 2019 after organizing demonstrations against alexander lukashenko, a crime that carries 20 years in jail to the death penalty. charlie dagata, cbs, london. >> o...

Journalist. minsk, authorities detained a 26-year-old journalist living in exile who has emerged as one of the most prominent critics of president alexander lukashenko, referred to as europes last dictator, authoritarian leader of belarus since 1994 and remains in power despite a disputed election last year, no surprise, a key ally of vladimir putin. president biden condemned the actions as broad affront to international norms. part of a broader pattern. authoritarian states in pursuit of enemie...

Was helped spark the racism anti-gosks. they have threatened to out of opposition leader luke sleepingo after he was accuse of rigging the presidential election. european leaders arent buying minsks explanation for make the jet land. the ryan air flight originated in the greek capital athens and was supposed to fly administration to vilnius in lithuania. but it made a sharp torn towards the belarussian border. >> this was a case of -- a state-sponsored hijack and piracy. >> the biden administrat...