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Belarus kidnapping: what international law says about capture of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich

Read more about Why Belarus arrest of dissident journalist appears legally dubious on Business Standard. The method by which Belarus seemingly ordered the pilot to make an emergency landing at Minsk may be legally significant

Here’s what we know: the Ryanair aircraft carrying dissident Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich was scheduled to fly from Athens in Greece to Vilnius in Lithuania on May 23. While in Belarusian airspace, the pilot was ordered to divert from its course and to land in Minsk. On the ground, the airport authorities searched the baggage of the passengers, checked their identities and detained at least two of them: Protasevich – a prominent opponent of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenk...

While Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki celebrated the EU summit deal on the rule of law mechanism as a ‘double victory’, his Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, a junior coalition partner in the ruling PiS government, said he disagrees with his boss’ decision and interpretation of European law. Speaking at a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Brussels after the deal, Morawiecki declared that when Poland announced it would exercise its veto right...