Belarusian opposition activist Protasevich pardoned
The 28-year-old became a household name in the West after his Ryanair flight was diverted in 2021 The Belarusian authorities have official
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The 28-year-old became a household name in the West after his Ryanair flight was diverted in 2021 The Belarusian authorities have official
Journalist Roman Protasevich, who was traveling on a diverted Ryanair flight in 2021 that landed in Minsk, has been jailed.
A Belarusian journalist arrested after being hauled off a Ryanair plane that was forced to land in Minsk two years ago has been sentenced to eight years in jail on charges of conspiring against the state.
The exiled opposition leader said the trial as “fake” and that Protasevich had been “the regime’s hostage since the Ryanair hijacking.”
The former editor of opposition Telegram channel NEXTA has been handed an eight-year prison sentence in Belarus, local media have reported Read Full Article at RT.com