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How Belarus's 'aviation piracy' broke international law
By Tom Wheeldon
Ryanair flight 4978 to Vilnius forcibly diverted to Minsk
By Ian Petchenik
Meet Alexander Lukashenko: Belarusian dictator's politics and history
By Cheryl Teh & Sophia Ankel
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Belarus plane arrest - is it a first?
By Claudia Allen
Belgium wants "severe" response from EU over Belarus forced landing
By Gabriela Baczynska & Sabine Siebold
Sofia Sapega, Russian student arrested alongside Belarus activist, appears in 'confession' video
By Darya Tarasova, Stephanie Halasz & Tim Lister
Raman Pratasevich: the Belarus journalist captured by a fighter jet
By Andrew Roth & Luke Harding
Singapore Airlines reroutes flights to avoid Belarus airspace after forced landing of Ryanair plane
By Kurt Ganapathy
Belarus kidnapping sets a dangerous global precedent
By Gideon Rachman
Belarus accused of 'hijacking' plane to arrest activist, provoking outrage in the West
By Holly Ellyatt
Belarus ruler Lukashenko needs Russia's Putin as a lifeline. Here's why. - The Washington Post
By Mary Ilyushina
Roman Protasevich: A Belarus Activist Who 'Refused to Live in Fear' (Published 2021)
By Andrew Higgins & Andrew E. Kramer
Belarus threatens to flood Europe with migrants and drugs in response to sanctions
By Chris Pleasance
'You Have Bomb On Board': Belarusian Transcript Of Ryanair Pilots Raises More Questions Than It Answers
By Mike Eckel
Belarus Forces Ryanair Plane to Land and Arrests Activist on Board
By Ann M. Simmons
Why the Belarusian journalist was snatched from the Ryanair flight
By Sergei Kuznetsov
Belarus opposition calls for EU sanctions on oil and petrochemicals
By Max Seddon, James Shotter & Michael Peel
How Roman Protasevich became one of Lukashenko's prized targets
By Max Seddon & James Shotter
Belarus arrests activist after forcing Ryanair flight to land in Minsk
By Max Seddon, James Shotter & Michael Peel
Belarus Faces EU Flight Ban for Grounding Ryanair Plane With Dissident
By Benjamin Katz, Ann M. Simmons & Parmy Olson
Belarus plane: What happens with a military jet interception?
By Simon Browning
Belarus activist arrested after fighter jet intercepts his Ryanair flight
By Olga Pavlova & Tim Lister
Belarus forces airliner to land and arrests opponent, sparking U.S. and European outrage
By Andrey Ostroukh & Andrius Sytas
Global aviation system tested by Belarus jetliner diversion
By Tim Hepher & Conor Humphries