Roman Protasevich

Women with posters reading 'I am/we are Roman Protasevich' in the arrival area as passengers disembark from the Ryanair passenger plane from Athens that was intercepted and diverted to Minsk on the same day by Belarus authorities on 23 May (Photo: PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)

What happened in Belarus? Where is it, and why was a Ryanair flight diverted?

Brussels accuses Minsk of playing ‘Russian roulette’ with journalist detention (Photo by PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Brussels accuses Minsk of playing ‘Russian roulette’ with journalist detention

Raman Pratasevich, a prominent opponent of Belarus's authoritarian president , attends an opposition rally in Minsk in 2012 (Picture: AP)

Belarus must not get away with state-sponsored terrorism – Angus Robertson MSP

Belarus journalist Roman Pratasevich was arrested after Belarussian authorities forced a flight from Greece to Lithuanian to land in their territory (Picture: Euroradio via AP)

Belarus's hijacking of passenger plane requires tough response – Scotsman says

Belarus state media said Mr Lukashenko personally ordered a MiG-29 fighter jet to escort the Ryanair flight he was on to Minsk.

Order for flight ban in Belarusian airspace following Ryanair diversion

"Freedom for Raman Pratasevich" (Roman Protashevich) is written on a protest wagon in front of the Embassy of Belarus in Berlin, Germany, Monday (Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP).

Forced landing of Belarus flight: ‘state-sponsored aviation piracy'

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he was “alarmed” by the actions of the Belarus government of President Alexander Lukashenko (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK condemns Belarus after Ryanair flight carrying opposition activist diverted

A Belarusian dog handler checks luggages off a Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS (flight number FR4978) parked on Minsk International Airport's apron in Minsk

Belarus ‘diverts Ryanair flight to arrest activist’

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