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Has cracked down on dissent. he's had hundreds of activists detained. many others fled the country into exile. among them, roman protasevich. his capture from high in the sky may become the highest profile one yet. mark lobel, bbc news. the head of the commons' foreign affairs committee, conservative mp tom tugendhat, said the international community faced a choice about how to respond to belarus. it is quite clearly wrong to put our own citizens endangered by having them fly over the territory of somebody who is willing to send out fighters to force a civilian aircraft to the ground. —— p...

Roman is wanted by authorities for running an opposition news channel on the social media platform telegram. it's used to organised protests in belarus and to broadcast them. the protests exploded during last summer's election, when belarus's long—time leader president lukashenko claimed yet another disputed victory. back then, we witnessed peaceful protesters being dragged off the streets of the capital. since, hundreds ofjournalists and opposition politicians have been imprisoned. roman is the latest target. they endangered the lives of 171 passengers just because of roman protasevich. and...

Fr4978 was supposed to be, on the ground at minsk airport. the ryanairflight, with about 170 people on board, left athens bound for vilnius. butjust before the aircraft entered lithuanian airspace, it suddenly headed east. according to ryanair, the crew were warned of a potential security threat, and ordered to land at minsk. for good measure, a belarusian warplane, armed to the teeth, was dispatched to escort the aircraft in. but no bombs were found on board. instead, this man was taken off the plane and arrested. roman protasevich is a well—known belarusian opposition journalist, and is wa...

It as an illegal hijacking and said belarus would be punished. this is not where flight fr4978 was supposed to be this afternoon, on the ground at minsk airport. the ryanair flight with about 170 people on board left athens this morning bound for vilnius. butjust before the aircraft entered lithuanian airspace, it suddenly headed east. according to ryanair, the crew were warned of a potential security threat and ordered to land at minsk. for good measure, a belarusian warplane armed to the teeth was dispatched to escort the aircraft in. but no bombs were found on board. instead, this man was t...

It is on the social media platform telegram. it is used to organise social media broadcasts and to transmit protest. the protest exploded during last summer's election when belarus's long—time leader, president lukashenko, claimed yet another disputed victory. back then we witnessed peaceful protesters being dragged off the streets of the capital. since then, hundreds ofjournalists and opposition allegations have been imprisoned. roman is the latest target. they endangered the lives of 171 passengersjust because of roman protasevich and we were sure that to fly between two un member states i...