Belarus accused of ‘state-sponsored hijacking’ for diverting flight to arrest journalist | EU mulls sanctions as international outcry grows

Dissident journalist Roman Protasevich has appeared in a new video after his arrest by Belarusian authorities on Sunday, following the government’s extraordinary diversion of his Ryanair flight to capital city Minsk. The video — the first since Protasevich’s arrest — comes amid mounting fears for his safety and widespread fury over the diversion of a European commercial flight.