Belarus parades detained journalist Protasevich at media event

Tuesday, 15 June 2021Newsdesk

Authorities in Belarus have paraded the detained opposition blogger Roman Protasevich at a news conference in Minsk, where they gave their version of the Ryanair plane diversion of 23 May.

New Delhi, 15 June 2021

A BBC reporter who was initially at the media briefing says Mr Protasevich, 26, was clearly appearing under duress.An alleged bomb threat forced the plane to land in Minsk, where passengers Mr Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega were arrested.Belarus denies it was a forced landing.Mr Protasevich, who is being held at a KGB prison in Belarus' capital, said he was feeling fine and had not been beaten. He also said he had caused damage to Belarus and now wanted to rectify the situation.

Source -BBC