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Belarus has been accused of hijacking a European passenger plane and engaging in “state terrorism”, after it forced a Ryanair flight to perform an emergency landing in Minsk and arrested an opposition blogger, who is critical of the country’s authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko.

The Ryanair plane had been flying from Greece to Lithuania when it was diverted to the Belarusian capital, where the journalist Roman Protasevich was detained by police. State media in Belarus said the plane was forced to land because of a bomb scare.

There’s been a chorus of condemnation across Europe. The British foreign secretary said the action by the Belarusian authorities would have “serious implications”.

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  1. @angelgomez4632

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    It's in belarussia prohibited Ryanair?

  2. @blusquirrel

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    So where is this young man Roman Protasevich now? Is the villain Yevgeny Prigozhin safe in landing in Belarus for so-called exile?

  3. @michaelevervall9889

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    And thats how countries with dictators operate. Lots of lies and BS.

  4. @DeeZanic

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Why didn’t they just ignore the demand and continue to Lithuania

  5. @0-RB

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    The ryan air pilot did a hard landing making the hijacker fall to the ground lol

  6. @jchan9839

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Hahaha cry, guantano for the white guy it is! Mwahahahahaha Good!

  7. @Eagle_Delta

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    This dissident possibly has a US Passport from his days in the Intelligence Community. Throw away the keys.

  8. @lenchijosephs7709

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Who the fuck would just hijack a flight to arrest a single person

  9. @christiandahlke8174

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Protasevich is a Belarusian right-wing populist. He was a combatant in the Ukrainian nationalist Assow Batallion and a friend of Belarusian Ultra-Nazi Stanislav Gontscharow. ICAO's January 2022 report refuted Western claims. The german Politician Cem Özdemir even took on the prisoner sponsorship for this Belarusian right-wing populist.
    Source: Dirk Pohlmann, The Greyzone, Wikipedia, Libereco, Thomas Röper, ICAO.

  10. @a21npilot91

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    He should have complied ATC immediately. They was too high to land in Lithuania, meaning pilots were thinking whether to divert or try to reach final destination. Meaning when they first got an alert, Minsk was closer. This is not an alert to ignore, fighter escort common practice and even if you say Ryanair was "Hijacked", Belarus had no orders to shoot it or it would have been already act of terrorism.

  11. @jonathanbonapos1008

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    This girl who is in opposition must be in jail she is the enemy of the state

  12. @truongthien9715

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Some segments in the video are stamped not adjacent to each other

  13. @davidchipps

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    I'm IRRITATED WITH POLAND, I'm FURIOUS AT GERMANY, & I can't back BELARUS although I did find them sending immigrants to POLAND a little HUMOROUS. AUSTRIAN & FRENCH STILL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

  14. @angelochristou3695

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Just cut all flights through the country;

  15. @owenhoong88

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Omg, I thought Edward snowden was inside. Ops, sorry, it wasn't ordered by Washington 🤭🤭

  16. @lauridsjensen7757

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Crazy thing is, this ranks in the higher tier of ryanair experiences

  17. @spurdosparde804

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Be cearful when you go trough Eastern Europe

  18. @Jay-hr3rh

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. We have only heard from the news media and politicians. Why haven't we heard anything from the captain to explain about his decision making?

  19. @askyalumumba3573

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Where was the outrage when E.U and U S.A diverted and forced Bolivian President's plane to land in Germany, and strip searched it because they believed Edward Snowden was inside? You humiliated an entire nation and don't see anything wrong with your behavior then .
    You people's hypocrisy is appalling.

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  21. @RickFlairWooo

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Defund the BBC

  22. @massimoforesti6591

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    If I ran an airline that operated in Europe, I would order all my pilots to avoid Belarusian airspace at all costs. If it costs more on fuel, if that costs needs to be added to a ticket, then it is a worthy cost. There is no price too high when it comes to passenger safety

  23. @wilfredprins9718

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    But what about the airplane of the president of Bolivia which was forced to land because the USA thought that Richard Snowden was onboard.

    Why no sanctions against the USA, they did the same as Belarus

  24. @alinafromglasgow3064

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Bloodthirsty dictators like Lukashenka must be brought to justice!

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  26. @djdoomy

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Did anybody get hurt tough? They stopped the plane in order to make an arrest. Why does BBC and the West even care? They are acting as if they were in the plane themselves and somehow they got hurt.
    If the US did that, claiming there is a terrorist in the plane, they'd be applauded.

  27. @samsonsengoonzi8148

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Remember Evo Morales, forced to land in Vienna thinking he was taking Snowden?!! Don't tell me nothing. This is double standards or simply Western propaganda passing as journalism

  28. @Petr_Ast

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    I don't remember howling when the US and Europeans did the same thing

  29. @Petr_Ast

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    This has never happened before, and here it is again. Only "white" people can, Slavs taboo

  30. @bialikma

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    What I like most of all about this story is that the plane belongs to nation that condemns Israel and sides with Palestinians. Lol… last time israeli plane was hijacked , Mossad rescued it from Uganda. But this time plane belongs to coward nation that only knows how to side with terrorists. So looks like it will stay in Minsk for long time.

  31. @futureshock382

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    But US/EU force landing Bolivia's plane to find Snowden in 2013 is perfectly acceptable lmao

  32. @roozsay7783

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    And folks that will be the last time you see him … outrage what a joke that’s the political way of saying oh how terrible but sorry folks that is it just outrage sorta like our thoughts and prayers after mass shootings … who cares at this point stop showing me things that are not going to change your just doing this for views outrage what a joke

  33. @araziranmehr7162

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    British people have to pay £150 a year even if they do not watch the BBC!
    The cost of launching BBC Persian was £265,000,000 to create free an anti-Iranian program with an annual budget of £25,000,000
    And how is that situation about other countries and why?!

    But why did BBC Farsi block the posting of Iranian comments on YouTube, Facebook,, Twitter,…
    6. Why does the BBC select only "anti-national" news and unpleasant events from independent countries and distort and interpret the news for its own benefit and that of its allies by magnifying it many times over?

    7- Why has BBC Farsi on YouTube with the most viewers removed the comments from the subscribers?

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    9. Why does the BBC "block" the subscriber with "restriction on sharing" and the "opposition" after inserting a link by colluding with "Facebook, Instagram and YouTube" and it is even shameful that it deletes the dissenting comments? "So that if the authorities visit, he will be instilled with the opinion that everyone agreed with the BBC"?

    10. Why are human rights organizations, the United Nations and the World Health Organization not working against the BBC? Are these international organizations under the influence of the government supporting the BBC?

    11. It is obvious that the BBC causes psychological damage to people by producing fake and negative news, and reduces people's lives with stress.
    So why is the BBC and the "BBC sponsoring government" not responsible and accountable, and basically how can people repay the damage?

    12. How can the BBC's dual standard of "freedom of expression" insult, defame, slander, sanction and even threaten billions of people, but if anyone is talking about "Zionism and the Holocaust" created by European governments themselves?
    Criticize In addition to blocking, subscribers are deprived of all kinds of social services and with the collusion of your government you sentence him to months in prison and fined thousands of pounds?

  34. @annamariaspellani

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    When dictators loose their mind..in public
    Despite all the economic crisis this is the right time to start up an investment

  35. @petsproxyonline

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    How much is he gonna pay? Not even 5€ !!!!

  36. @Camo1x

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    They ended up having a show trial and they tried using propaganda to get them arrested for the wrong reason

  37. @ghost7344

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    I wonder if they would've refused to head for Minsk, would they have shot the plane down and just blame it on a "Terrorist".

  38. @maysammirzakhalili4862

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Iran do it regularly why Belarus should not do it ?! 🤔.

  39. @parabalani

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    What punishment will the Ryanair pilot and company take? The pilot didn't know flight rules and didn't have the rights to land the plane there. There are clear instructions on what to do if there is a bomb threat.

  40. @crxmix7602

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

  41. @philipg9611

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Just short of 8 billion people on this lovely planet earth,and an handful of people we call politicians ,military leaders cause nothing but trouble for the innocent people Alexander Lukashenko your people spoke you're no longer wanted!!!Mr President Putin have a word with him before he makes another Syria out of Belarus!!!

  42. @ahmednjidda6182

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Nothing will happen, worst has happened and absolutely nothing followed. So this whole noise about this doesn't hold water.

  43. @clownworld3107

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    If this happened in the US no one would talked about it. The west has the media so the can change water into fire

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    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

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    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Butter. XD

  46. @gamersquashyt

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Why they do this it's not worth it men

  47. @thinkwhatyouwant.3843

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    Why no one talks when ukraina did same on 2016???
    Oh yes ukraina is belongs to Eu and they ok to do so.
    https://112.international/society/belavias-passenger-plane-forcibly-landed-in-zhuliany-airport-in-kyiv-10365.html

  48. @InfidelProductionz

    January 22, 2024 at 3:15 pm

    And yet no one says anything when the US does this

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