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Belarus president signs tough new law on media restrictions
Vilnius university says its student travelling with Protasevich also detained, demands release
By Andrius Sytas
Passengers recall the fear that gripped the dissident journalist as their flight was diverted. (Published 2021)
By Ivan Nechepurenko
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Singapore Airlines reroutes flights to avoid Belarus airspace after forced landing of Ryanair plane
By Kurt Ganapathy
'You Have Bomb On Board': Belarusian Transcript Of Ryanair Pilots Raises More Questions Than It Answers
By Mike Eckel
Belarusian or Russian Agents 'Stalked' Roman Protasevich During His Holiday in Greece
By Mitchell Prothero
Belarus opposition calls for EU sanctions on oil and petrochemicals
By Max Seddon, James Shotter & Michael Peel
Belarus activist arrested after fighter jet intercepts his Ryanair flight
By Olga Pavlova & Tim Lister
Belarus threatens to flood Europe with migrants and drugs in response to sanctions
By Chris Pleasance
Meet Alexander Lukashenko: Belarusian dictator's politics and history
By Cheryl Teh & Sophia Ankel
Belarus Faces EU Flight Ban for Grounding Ryanair Plane With Dissident
By Benjamin Katz, Parmy Olson & Ann M. Simmons
EU agrees sanctions on Belarus for forcing down flight
By James Shotter, Michael Peel & Sam Fleming
Belarus plane: What happens with a military jet interception?
By Simon Browning
Sofia Sapega, Russian student arrested alongside Belarus activist, appears in 'confession' video
By Stephanie Halasz, Darya Tarasova & Tim Lister
Five passengers did not reach Vilnius after forced Belarus landing
By Andrius Sytas & Nerijus Adomaitis
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
Who is the journalist Belarus arrested by forcing a Ryanair plane to land?
By Nick Macfie & Andrew Osborn
'They say code is red': transcript of controller telling plane to land in Minsk
By Gabrielle Tetrault-farber & Andrew Osborn