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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)

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

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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)

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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

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