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Defiant Belarus defends diversion of plane carrying activist Issued on: 24/05/2021 - 11:56 Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevitch, 26, had been living in exile in Poland STR AFP/File 4 min Minsk (AFP) A defiant Belarus on Monday defended its forced diversion of a European plane carrying an opposition activist, after the unprecedented move provoked a global outcry and calls for a tough response. The Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius carrying dissident journalist Roman Protasevich was diverted while in Belarusian airspace on Sunday ove...

Russian secret service agents may have been on diverted Ryanair flight, Coveney says Journalist Roman Protasevich was detained on Sunday after the flight was diverted to Minsk. By AFP Monday 24 May 2021, 8:40 AM 2 hours ago 21,924 Views 27 Comments The Ryanair plane with registration number SP-RSM, carrying opposition figure Raman Pratusevich, which was diverted yesterday Image: Mindaugas Kulbis/AP/Press Association Images The Ryanair pl...

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 ...

Secret police on board 'hijacked' plane forced to land in Belarus, Ryanair boss claims EU leaders to discuss sanctions over forced landing of flight in Belarus as UK calls for immediate release of arrested journalist onboard 24 May 2021 • 10:48am Michael O’Leary, the boss Of Ryanair, has said he believes there were Belarusian KGB agents on board the flight forced to land in Minsk by a Belarusian military aircraft.  “It is a case of state-sponsored hijacking,” he told NewstalkFM Ireland after Roman Protasevich, an exiled opposition journalist was arrested on the Ryanair plane "It appe...