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- zaq4
The regime forced the landing Ryanair plane in Minsk to arrest journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich. He faces the death penalty in Belarus.
- Wow. That is fucked up - that's the sort of stupid stunt that can spiral out of expectation quick, involving Greece, Lith and the UK / IrelandNairn
- Even North Korean and Iran won't do such thing.zaq
- or we don't read about those incidents... I remember when the US forced the Bolivian president plane to land in Europe because they were searching for Snowden.uan
- Yeah, I'm pretty sure we're just as guilty of this sort of shit in the West, but Russia and its cronies seem particularly egregious in their manner.Nairn
- Evo Morales's plane was bit different — some European countries denied it permission to enter their airspace, obvs at US's behest.NonEntity
- So it diverted & wasn't forced to land in a particular country. Still not pretty, but less reckless.NonEntity
- Shocking. But, the West do nothing more than a finger-wag and some stern(-ish) words.Continuity
- time to go 'merican liberty on that countryArchitectofFate
- sted0
Cleanup started
About a hundred opposition members were detained by Belarusian authorities after one of the Belarusian secret services, still called the KGB, was shot dead during a raid. Those who commented on the incident on the internet have now been detained, citing incitement to hatred and violations of the authorities.
- So sad. This is what real systematic oppression looks like. And there is nothing the west will do about it.hotroddy