A Belarusian opponent, Roman Protasevich, who was traveling from Athens to Vilnius on a Ryanair flight, was arrested at the Minsk airport after the aircraft he was on was forced to land by military planes sent to intercept him. The opposition channel, Belarus Free Theater, reports this on its Twitter profile. After what the militants call “kidnapping”, the editor-in-chief of a Telegram channel that gives voice to the Belarusian opposition “risks the death penalty”, denounce his supporters on Twitter.
The president of Lithuania, where the arrested opponent was headed, asked for his release “urgently”, speaking through his Twitter profile.
«An unprecedented event – reads the text published by the Lithuanian leader Gitanas Nauseda – A civil passenger plane flying to Vilnius was forcibly landed in #Minsk. A Belarusian political activist and founder of @NEXTA_EN was on the plane. He has been arrested. The Belarusian regime is behind the abominable action. I urgently ask for the release of Roman Protasevi! », Concludes the message from the head of the Baltic state.