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The executive board of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has voted to suspend Belarus's national broadcaster over "serious and quite exceptional concerns" that threaten freedom of expression and other "core values."
Belarusian Rights Group Declares Sapega A Political Prisoner May 27, 2021 10:44 GMT Share share Print The Belarusian rights group Vyasna has designated Sofia Sapega a political prisoner after a passenger flight she was on from Athens to Vilnius was diverted to Minsk, where she was detained along with her boyfriend, journalist Raman Pratasevich. The Minsk-based human rights group said Sapega, a Russian national, and four others had been added to its list of political prisoners, as their detention should be considered "as politically motivated persecution in connection with the exercise of fre...
Multiple countries and agencies are conducting investigations now. Lithuania and Poland have criminal probes open, and the UN aviation authority is looking into it. The European Union and several Western governments are considering new sanctions against Belarus and Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the long-ruling strongman who has cracked down violently on protests after claiming victory in an August 2020 election opponents say was blatantly rigged. . Several EU members have called the diversion of the commercial flight between two EU countries a "state hijacking" aimed to deliver Pratasevich, the form...
Eurovision chiefs issue update on Italy winners Maneskin after drugs claims David Bentley The Eurovision Broadcasting Union, which organises the annual contest, says it is examining video footage that showed Damiano David lowering his head over a table in the green room. The singer has volunteered to take a drugs test when he gets home. Viewers questioned what they were seeing when Damiano was seen on camera bending over a table, with some suspecting he had been caught snorting cocaine. One asked on Twitter: "Did someone just do a line live on Eurovision telly?" But the singer...
Italien siegt mit Måneskin beim 65. Eurovision Song Contest! Deutschlands Jendrik geht mit nur drei Punkten nach Hause. Der Ticker zum Nachlesen.