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Belarusian journalist and dissident Roman Protasevich was arrested along with his partner, prompting an international outcry.
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A plane flying from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sunday (May 23) was forced to make an emergency landing in Minsk, Belarus, after a bomb threat was made on board, which was followed shortly by the appearance of a Belarusian fighter jet alongside the craft.
