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May
23
2023
By The African Mirror
Belarusian blogger arrested on Ryanair flight pardoned – state media

Belarusian blogger arrested on Ryanair flight pardoned – state media

WORLD
ROMAN Protasevich, the Belarusian opposition blogger arrested in 2021 after his Ryanair overflight was forced to land in Minsk, was pardoned, the Belarusian state news agency BelTA reported. "I have literally just signed all the relevant documents stating that I have been pardoned," BelTA quoted Protasevich as telling reporters. "This is, of course, great news." Protasevich had been sentenced to eight years in prison this month for offences including inciting terrorism, organising mass disturbances and slandering Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. He had worked as a journalist at the news outlet Nexta, which reported extensively on mass protests against Lukashenko in…
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May
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Belarus opposition leader hails world support after journalist arrest

Belarus opposition leader hails world support after journalist arrest

WORLD
ANDRIUS SYTAS BELARUS  opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Saturday hailed support from around the world after Minsk scrambled a warplane to intercept a flight and arrested a dissident journalist on board. Belarus has been subject to EU and U.S. sanctions since President Alexander Lukashenko cracked down on pro-democracy protests after a disputed election last year. But his decision to intercept an international airliner in Belarusian airspace and arrest the 26-year-old has brought threats of more serious action. Most European countries told their aircraft to avoid Belarus airspace and banned Belarus carriers from their skies. "I am very touched by the…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Belarus leader says detained journalist was plotting ‘bloody rebellion’

Belarus leader says detained journalist was plotting ‘bloody rebellion’

WORLD
TOM BALMFORTH and MARIA KESELYOVA BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that a journalist pulled off a plane that was forced to land in Minsk had been plotting a rebellion, and he accused the West of waging a hybrid war against him. In his first public remarks since a Belarusian warplane intercepted a Ryanair flight on Sunday between European Union members Greece and Lithuania, he showed no hint of backing down from a confrontation with countries that accuse him of air piracy. "As we predicted, our ill-wishers from outside the country and from inside the country changed their methods of…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Belarus faces sanctions over ‘state piracy’, airlines to shun it

Belarus faces sanctions over ‘state piracy’, airlines to shun it

WORLD
GABRIELA BACZYNSKA and MATTHIAS WILLIAMS SEVERAL airlines have said they would avoid Belarusian airspace after Belarus scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair jetliner and arrest a dissident journalist in an act denounced by Western powers as "state piracy". European Union leaders were set to ban Belarussian airlines from their bloc's airspace and call on EU-based carriers to avoid flying over the former Soviet republic, according to a draft statement seen by Reuters. The leaders of the 27 member states will also consider widening the list of Belarussian individuals they already sanction and call on the International Civil Aviation Organization…
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