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Exiled Belarusian opposition figure Raman Pratasevich was horrified when he knew the flight he took to Lithuania was instead heading to Belarusian capital Minsk. When the Ryanair flight was diverted and forced to land at Minsk, Pratasevich was arrested and led away he said, I ll get the death penalty here.
Pratasevich, who had worked for online news outlet NEXTA, which carried footage of mass protests against Belarusian President Lukashenko, was shaking when he realized that the plane would not land in Lithuania s Vilnius where it was heading from Athens in Greece, Reuters reported.
By Published March 11 at 12:44 am Spain s Minister of Foreign Affairs Arancha Gonzalez Laya (R) welcomes Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on Dec. 22, 2020, in Madrid. Photo by
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Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is scheduled to hold an online meeting with members of the US Congress this week. The virtual hearing on March 11 will be the latest opportunity in Tsikhanouskaya’s campaign to engage US policymakers and increase the momentum of international efforts to end the 26-year reign of Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
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