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Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy told journalists that “to say from the outset” that the landing in Minsk of a Ryanair jet flying from Greece to Lithuania on Sunday and the subsequent arrest of blogger Raman Pratasevich, “is a forced landing, to condemn it and to introduce sanctions without any investigation; this kind of behaviour is absolutely irresponsible.” UNIFEED
25 MAY 2021, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 2. Wide shot, briefing room 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): “We are shocked by the unlawful arrest and arbitrary detention of the Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich after the Ryanair plane on which he was travelling was forcibly diverted to the Belarus capital Minsk, apparently under false pretences and with the express purpose of capturing Mr. Protasevich.” 4. Wide shot, journalist and cameraman 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson, Office of the UN Hi...