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Belarus's Shocking New Low in Crushing Dissent
By Rachel Denber
Ryanair flight 4978 to Vilnius forcibly diverted to Minsk
By Ian Petchenik
Belgium wants "severe" response from EU over Belarus forced landing
By Gabriela Baczynska & Sabine Siebold
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Singapore Airlines reroutes flights to avoid Belarus airspace after forced landing of Ryanair plane
By Kurt Ganapathy
Belarus accused of 'hijacking' plane to arrest activist, provoking outrage in the West
By Holly Ellyatt
Roman Protasevich: dissident Belarus journalist whose defiance enraged Europe's last dictator
By Jennifer G. Mathers
Belarus Is Isolated as Other Countries Move to Ban Flights
By Anton Troianovski
Belarus opposition calls for EU sanctions on oil and petrochemicals
By Max Seddon, James Shotter & Michael Peel
'You Have Bomb On Board': Belarusian Transcript Of Ryanair Pilots Raises More Questions Than It Answers
By Mike Eckel
Belarus KGB believed to be on plane forced to land in Minsk, says Ryanair
By Andrew Roth & Daniel Boffey
Why Lukashenko diverted plane to catch blogger
By Hanna Liubakova
Russia thought to be behind Belarus flight hijack, says Dominic Raab
By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Danielle Sheridan & James A. Crisp
Belarus activist arrested after fighter jet intercepts his Ryanair flight
By Olga Pavlova & Tim Lister
Meet Alexander Lukashenko: Belarusian dictator's politics and history
By Cheryl Teh & Sophia Ankel
Belarus threatens to flood Europe with migrants and drugs in response to sanctions
By Chris Pleasance
Belarus Faces EU Flight Ban for Grounding Ryanair Plane With Dissident
By Benjamin Katz, Parmy Olson & Ann M. Simmons
Why the Belarusian journalist was snatched from the Ryanair flight
By Sergei Kuznetsov
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 plane: What happens with a military jet interception?
By Simon Browning
Belarus plane arrest - is it a first?
By Claudia Allen
Sofia Sapega, Russian student arrested alongside Belarus activist, appears in 'confession' video
By Darya Tarasova, Stephanie Halasz & Tim Lister
Bomb threat cited by Belarus was sent after plane was diverted - Swiss email provider
By Raphael Satter
Belarus forces airliner to land and arrests opponent, sparking U.S. and European outrage
By Andrey Ostroukh & Andrius Sytas