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European leaders will discuss response to ‘outrageous and illegal behaviour’ today

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...

There has been an international outcry from world leaders after Belarus forced a passenger plane carrying an activist to divert and land in its capital. Dissident journalist Roman Protasevich was detained after the flight was pulled from its Athens-to-Vilnius route, accompanied by a fighter jet. Among others, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki denounced Belarus's actions as 'an act of state terrorism'. Minsk – Belarus forced a passenger plane carrying a wanted opposition activist to divert and land in its capital, provoking a furious outcry from world leaders who described it as an ...

Europe moves to isolate Belarus after Minsk forces airliner to land and detains dissident Michael Birnbaum, Isabelle Khurshudyan © AP/AP In this photo provided by ONLINER.BY, security use a sniffer dog to check the luggage of passengers on the Ryanair plane with registration number SP-RSM, carrying opposition figure Raman Pratasevich which was traveling from Athens to Vilnius and was diverted to Minsk after a bomb threat, in Minsk International airport, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in BelarusWestern leaders decried the diversion of a plane to Belarus in order to arrest an oppositi...

Video emerges of journalist Roman Protasevich as leaders call for his release