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Supporters fear for safety of arrested Belarusian activist Lukashenko targets press With most opposition leaders having left Belarus, Nexta has played a key role in spreading information, posting updates, giving the time and location of rallies, and revealing facts about police brutality. Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, has accused social media and independent journalists of being responsible for organizing and coordinating mass opposition rallies. When asked if he was afraid that Lukashenko's agents might get to him in Poland, Pratasevich said he was in the process of obtaini...

Roman Protasevich: Who is the journalist arrested by Belarus? | Freedom of the Press News Roman Protasevich was suddenly diverted on a plane from Greece to Lithuania on Sunday to Minsk, the Belarusian capital, where he was arrested. He brought the news international condemnation Some European leaders called the move a “kidnapping” as the bloc on Monday discussed tougher sanctions against Belarus, in a debate against President Alexander Lukashenko’s crackdown on opposition protesters last year. The Belarussian president was given a sixth term in elections held last August, opposition mem...

Share: Sunday’s diversion and forced landing of a Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ: RYAAY) flight by the Belarus government and its subsequent arrest of a dissident journalist on the flight has brought strong condemnation from the U.S. and European governments. However, many denizens on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) recalled how the U.S. and the European nations took similar action eight years ago while in pursuit of the elusive Edward Snowden. 'Aviation Piracy': Ryanair’s Flight FR4978 was bound from for Greece to Lithuania when Belarus’ aviation authorities demanded its immediate descent by cla...

Belarusian authorities appear to have forced a Ryanair jet to perform an emergency landing in Minsk in order to arrest an opposition blogger wanted for organising last summer’s protests against leader Alexander Lukashenko. Roman Protasevich, a former editor of the influential Telegram channels Nexta and Nexta Live, was detained by police after his flight was diverted to Minsk national airport due to a bomb threat. Minsk confirmed it had...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read MOSCOW, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Belarus will close its land borders to its own citizens later this month to try to combat COVID-19, the government said late on Wednesday, a move one opposition news channel likened to the imposition of a new Soviet-style iron curtain. Belarus has been rocked by protests since an Aug. 9 presidential election in which incumbent Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory. His opponents say the vote was rigged and want him to quit. A government order, published at midnight -- 2100 GMT on Wednesday -- said the new measures, which include a ban on B...