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Belarus kidnapping: what international law says about capture of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich

By Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
Arman Sarvarian, Lecturer in Law, University of Surrey

Here’s what we know: the Ryanair aircraft carrying dissident Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich was scheduled to fly from Athens in Greece to Vilnius in Lithuania on May 23. While in Belarusian airspace, the pilot was ordered to divert from its course and to land in Minsk. On the ground, the airport authorities searched…

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