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BBC News Published media captionPassengers on the plane described what happened after it was diverted to Minsk Western countries have expressed outrage at the forced diversion of a plane carrying a Belarusian activist on an internal EU flight on Sunday. EU leaders are due to discuss their response to what the union's executive called a "hijacking" and the US state department said was "a shocking act". Belarus forced the plane, which was bound for Lithuania, to land in Minsk claiming a bomb threat to the aircraft. It arrested the Belarusian journalist and activist Roman Protasevich. The 26-ye...

In response, Latvian Transport Minister Talis Linkaits said that airBaltic would not be flying over Belarus “for the time being.” A spokeswoman for the company told Reuters that airBaltic will stick to the arrangement “until the situation becomes clearer or a decision is issued by the authorities.” The incident has also caused a strong reaction inside political circles. On Monday, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell called for an international investigation, and demanded the immediate release of Protasevich. “This is yet another blatant attempt by the Bela...

BBC News Published image captionRoman Protasevich addressed opposition supporters in Gdansk, Poland, last August Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich is in police detention in Minsk after the extraordinary diversion of his Ryanair flight from Greece, denounced by some as a "state hijacking". Mr Protasevich, 26, and fellow dissident Stepan Putilo co-founded the opposition Nexta channel on Telegram, used for mobilising street protests. Nexta and Nexta Live now have nearly two million subscribers, managing to get round heavy state censorship. Mr Protasevich faces serious charges. He and Mr Pu...

The father of an activist who was detained after his flight was diverted tells the BBC he is "really afraid".

Follow RT on Jonny Tickle Lithuania is set to ban all flights to or from its airports from crossing into Belarusian airspace from Tuesday, as the country's authorities react to the forced landing in Minsk of a flight headed for Vilnius, its capital city. On Sunday, a Ryanair flight from Greece was forced to make an emergency stop in Belarus, because of a supposed bomb threat. Once it landed at Minsk Airport, police boarded the aircraft and arrested passenger Roman Protasevich. The activist is currently an employee of Belamova, an outlet founded by Igor Losik, a consultant for US state...