Essay: With brazen dissident arrest, Belarus finds itself more isolated than ever
In an article first published on The Conversation, ANASTASIYA BYESYEDINA, a researcher at the University of Sydney, looks at the background to events in Belarus this week…
Belarus faces sanctions backlash over jetliner “state piracy”
Brussels, Belgium/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links on Monday, furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist, an act one leader denounced as “state piracy”. In a video posted online, the detained blogger Roman Protasevich, 26, […]
Belarus forces airliner to land and arrests opponent, sparking US and European outrage
Moscow, RussiaReuters Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land on Sunday and then detained an opposition-minded journalist who was on board, drawing condemnation from Europe and the United States. In the incident, described by some EU leaders as […]