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EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions after the forced diversion of a passenger jet to arrest an opposition journalist
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EU calls for investigation after Belarus diverts plane, arrests opposition journalist
Western leaders are decrying the diversion of a plane to Belarus that ended with the arrest of an opposition journalist as an act of piracy and terrorism, as the European Union and others on Monday demanded an investigation into the dramatic forced landing of the Ryanair jet.
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Posted: May 24, 2021 6:32 AM ET | Last Updated: May 24
Members of the Belarusian diaspora in Ukraine demonstrate outside the Foreign Ministry in Kyiv on Sunday, demanding action from the Ukrainian government toward the release of detained journalist Raman Pratasevich.(Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images)
European Union leaders are considering a joint response to Belarus’ diversion of a Ryanair plane travelling between EU member nations in order to arrest a prominent opposition journalist.
Roman Protasevich, who ran a popular messaging app that played a key role in helping organise protests against Belarus’ authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko, was on board the Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania when it was diverted to the Belarusian capital, Minsk, while flying over that country.
Belarusian flight controllers had warned the plane crew of an alleged bomb threat and ordered it to land in Minsk, and a Belarusian fighter jet was scrambled to escort the Ryanair airliner.