In Belarus Arrested blogger Roman Protasvitch and his girlfriend Sofja Sapega are now being called under house arrest. This was shared by Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tichanovskaja in his exile in the European Union.
The arrests of Protasevich and his girlfriend led to heavy criticism in the West and new sanctions. Belarusian authorities had a Ryanair passenger plane flying from Athens to Vilnius on May 23 forced stop in Minsky. The blogger and opposition activist Protasevich and his girlfriend Sapega, who were traveling on the plane, were again arrested there. ruler Alexander Lukashenko The post-operation, which also involved a fighter jet, is criticized for dangerous incursions into the airspace.
The Russian embassy in Minsk also announced that Sapega was under house arrest. The British BBC quoted Protasevich’s father as saying that his son is no longer in prison. Initially there was no confirmation from the authorities in Minsk.
Tichanovskaya: “hostage” of the Lukashenko system
“Neither the official bodies nor our lawyers have confirmed this to us so far,” said the blogger’s mother, Natalia Protsevich, DPA news agency. What was revealed through his own channels was that “preventive measures” had been changed for his son, but the prosecution’s allegations still existed. The 46-year-old, who lives in exile in Poland, said her daughter, who lives in Minsk, went to the address given to her on Thursday evening, met her brother there and gave him food and clothes.
Tichanovskaya spoke of the “good news”. At the same time, she insisted: “House arrest – this is not freedom.” Protasevich and Sapega are the “hostages” of Lukashenko’s system, they are still charged and under the pressure of their tormentors. In addition, there are still more than 500 prisoners in Belarusian prisons.
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