INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Belarusian dissident journalist whose dramatic arrest in 2021 made international headlines after his plane was forced by the authorities
Protasevich, 27, was the former editor of Nexta, a Telegram channel that played a key role in mobilizing the protests against authoritarian
Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius with his then-girlfriend Sofia Sapega in May 2021 that was forced to land in Minsk after the
Belarusian authorities informed the pilot there was a bomb on board
Protasevich and Putilo have been placed on a list of extremists by the Belarusian authorities, while Nexta has been labeled a terrorist
the authorities and complied with it in full, allowing him to live under house arrest while awaiting trial, according to Belarusian human
