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Four Belarusian government officials have been charged in the United States with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last May to arrest a dissident Belarusian journalist who was on board, US prosecutors said on Thursday.

The United States has pressed formal aircraft piracy charges against members of the Belarusian regime involved in the forcible landing in Minsk of a Ryanair flight carrying an opposition journalist aimed to arrest the latter. — Ukrinform.

Each of them faces from 20 years in prison to life imprisonment.

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - A United Nations report into the forced diversion of a Ryanair jetliner last year has found that a bomb threat th...

Belarus had diverted the jet carrying a wanted opponent to Minsk. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

The US Justice department charged four Belarus officials with air piracy Thursday for last year's forced diversion of a Ryanair flight in order to arrest a dissident on board.

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - A United Nations report into the forced diversion of a Ryanair jetliner last year has found that a bomb threat th...

A United Nations report into the forced diversion of a Ryanair jetliner last year has found that a bomb threat that drew the plane to Minsk was deliberately false and that Belarus withheld... | January 19, 2022

VILNIUS (Reuters) - A United Nations report into the forced diversion of a Ryanair jetliner last year has found that a bomb threat that drew the plane to Minsk was "deliberately false" and that Belarus withheld crucial information from its fact-finding team.

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - A United Nations report into the forced diversion of a Ryanair jetliner last year has found that a bomb threat th...